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Question

Ok, imagine light. One can take light and bend it, correct. Ok, now take time, yes i mean relative time. Now, with the force of gravity, one can bend time, correct. Now we all know this to be basic physics. Now for the interesting part, One can refract light, of course, into it's primary elements, the primary colors, if you will. What if, what if one could refract time? Interesting thought, huh? Thing with similar properties, often times, fewer than none, react in similar ways. So, my question is, or rather what i am pondering is, what would be required to refract time, or better yet, what would be the final result of the refraction? Give me your thoughts and opinions, or further information on this subject. Thank you. *bows*

Answer 1

Time is a concept, you cannot refract a concept, it isn't tangible.

Answer 2

you are comparing light with time...

that is...radiation with a dimension

have you ever heard of refracting space???

so,,,you're thought (although a good one) does not make sense at all....

Rather a better option would be to say whether we can REFRACT MATTER????!!!!!!

Answer 3

Conceptually, the closest thing I can think of is called the 5th dimension, which includes not just a linear time line that we think of as a rule, but all possible outcomes.

Think of the many worlds interpretation of quantum physics.

Now, the "rainbow" effect could be "observing" all of the out comes of any (or all) choices.

A short timeline version of this could be at a casino, and a toss of the dice.

We would sit there and see a 6 as an outcome of one toss.

In the 5th dimension, a ghostly blurr of all the possible outcomes, which could be snake eyes, three, four, hard four, ect...

In the "prizm" of time, you would see these "colors" as probability outcomes.

Think of the double slit expiriment, in which one photon goes through two slits simultaniously, and creates a "wave pattern" on the target.

Sooo...the best I can do on this is to say we need a 5th dimensional view point to see these parallel 4th dimensional lines..

Answer 4

I think you should start by trying to prove that time is not a "primary element", and go on from there.

Answer 5

<<one can bend time, correct.>>

i surely wasn't aware of that.

<<what would be required to refract time>>

illogical.  unless, you consider having 2 people experience faster and slower paths.

and you do that by speeding up the individual you want to experience the slower path.

Answer 6

Your question assumes a fallacy, namely that time can be "refracted" in the first place.  White light can only be refracted because it's a composite of a number of different wavelengths of light.  Time, however, is not a composite substance; it's not made up of a number of things.  

Even as a thought experiement, refracting time would involve taking the current course of time and breaking it up into several simultaneous courses, all of which could be theoretically viewed concurrently.  This is no way accords with our currently accepted notion of the behavior of time.  I'm afraid this seems impossible.

-John

Answer 7

huh! it's a silly question because time can't be refracted whereas light can be because light consist of particle or wave but time is only our assumptions we can't refract our assumptions if you want to do this that mean you are talking about time machine which is impossible..

Answer 8

The basic premise behind refracting light into it's primary colors is based on the fact that there are different kinds of lights, making the all turn a corner makes them separate out a bit.  Now, if we could bend time and see a refraction, that would mean that there were different kinds of time.  The closest my mind comes to thinking about that is that maybe there are related dimensions that we cannot see that would become apparent if we could bend time.  Of course, by that thinking, time itself is a dimension and bending it sounds about as plausible as bending width.

Answer 9

hi,

I dont think one can bend time and by the way time is not a composite thing and it is a dimension too, the 4rt one. You need to first understand these things. And, time can not be refracted.

Answer 10

only war can refract time