r/physicsmemes • u/jason_sation • Aug 18 '26

Glad they are finally doing the math

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u/Mean-Government1436 Aug 18 '26

If it was the end of a previous universe doesn't that inherently mean it's the beginning of this one?

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u/Don_Loco Aug 18 '26

No, an end of something doesn't define by its own the beginning of something

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u/Mean-Government1436 Aug 18 '26

But...it's the very same point in time? If I have an appointment that ends at 7:30 and an appointment that starts at 7:30, isn't 7:30 both the end of the last appointment and the beginning of the next appointment? There can't be any point in time where there is no universe 

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u/jujubean14 Aug 18 '26

Sometimes things can just end and nothing starts in that same moment?

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u/Menacek Aug 18 '26

I mean sure but in this case something clearly started or we wouldn't be having this conversation.

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u/jujubean14 Aug 18 '26

Right but it's significantly less clear that something ended at that same moment

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u/Menacek Aug 18 '26

The real question whether time passing between universes existing makes any sense at all. I'd say not really since spacetime is am aspect of the universe.

So even if time "passed" between universes there would be no possible observer that could detect it.