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What would happen if time stopped?

Our readers consider this question from physical and philosophical perspectives, but mainly conclude: nothing

11 September 2024

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What would happen if time stopped?

Pat French
Longdon-upon-Tern, Shropshire, UK

Nothing. (Lots of it). Time is a dimension. Without time, existence would cease.

While it takes some sort of brain and memory to be aware of time passing, every particle in the universe exists in space-time.

There would be nothing in which they could move or even “be”. Also, every force is exerted over time. This means the forces that hold the universe together, from gravity to the weak nuclear force (which holds together the quarks in protons and neutrons), would have no time in which to…

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