If it were possible to stop time would you do it? If so why? If not why not?

[thegreenyogi]

[Orion84]

That would depend entirely on how the rules of stopped time would work, in regards to physics.

If they followed the real laws of nature, then absolutely not. Stopping time would not only instantly blind you, as light would cease to move, rendering your eyes useless, but it would also kill you the instant the motion of the Earth stopped. You'd be flung about 1,000 mph into the nearest wall.

Assuming it worked like it does in fiction, as I'm assuming to be the purpose of your question, then I would probably do so in select circumstances, sure. It'd be handy to bypass time stopped traffic, for example.

[HawkPerception]

I would definitely abuse that power. Every time I need to find a solution for something, I'd freeze time until I come up with a solution to stop it, then continue on.

I'd use it to stop crime. A criminal comes with a gun? I'd take it away and and shove it up their ass. A moment that I want to last forever with loved ones? I'd freeze it and take more time to take the moment in. Beautiful scenery? Same thing.

[hannamontana]

I probably would, at least for a while. Just to breathe, think, and enjoy some peace without the world rushing by. Sometimes life moves so fast, it feels like you’re always trying to catch up.

[MemeSupreme]

if i... could save time... in a bottle... (its a song)

and no bc i'd be older than i was when i unpause it lol read 11/23/63

[DishLady]

Nah... what would be the point?

[andreasderjuengere]

My view: time does not move. So how could it be '''stopped''?

Similar to 'centrifugal' force, time is an apparent thing: a thought model rather that manifests in surrounding processes.

''A'' leads to ''B'' - and when this surrounding is stopped from moving, then everything - including myself - will come to a halt, like in a movie when the pause button is pressed.

If someone from outside is friendly enough to press the play button again, I will not even have noticed the interruption.

Theoretically, this someone could press 'play reverse' instead. That's why while driving we always should use the rear mirror.

[Dongie]

Spacetime continuum is a thing. Time is but can you see it other than a clock? The planets move and light travels constantly.

[andreasderjuengere]

@Dongie - But does time move?

[Dongie]

Yes.

[Dongie]

If it can slow down at the speed of light then it moves.

[andreasderjuengere]

@Dongie... so... if a planet (with a clock on it) and time both move in the same direction, the difference becomes zero - does that not mean that locally nothing would move in relation to each other? Except for the clock, which now has become pointless.

[Dongie]

No. Not even from the observer's point of view. You have to go fast, near light speed. One Stone said as you approach that speed time slows and could possibly go backwards past that speed.

[Dongie]

Time is connected to space. Can't have one without the other.

[andreasderjuengere]

@Dongie... One Stone might have missed a detail or two? We still have gaps in universal knowledge :D - I challenge him. And if I turn out to be wrong, then we three will have a beer on my own bill up in heaven, heh heh.

[Dongie]

Okay, I'm hep!

[Dongie]

Time is constant. So it's moving in a straight line. Going real fast has an effect on its surroundings. Space is like a fabric. Spacetime is one. That's the effect speed in mass has on time because it is one with Space. To reach lights peed he said the ship would convert to infinite mass. Thats weird. I guess the force applied to the space slows down time. That proven about time slowing.

I'm rambling. But I say time is moving. I guess time can be altered by gravity as well since it can bend light.

[andreasderjuengere]

@Dongie ''That's fascinating'' (*raises an eyebrow*)
We need faster cars and motorbikes though, to test this.

[Dongie]

It's been tested. I would have to go find exactly how they did it.

[Tarifa]

I would at times, when the workload gets a bit too much. I work with tight deadlines.

It would be nice to add another day to the end of your holidays, especially in a spot you may never visit again.

But if stopping time (or halting it) would mean that time would speed up again, catching up, as time cannot be manipulated, then no. You might lose out on other things.

[strateguy632]

Definitely so i can catch the bus or train, or do what evie did in series out of this world

Remember those trust games? Battleship and stratego? I would STOP TIME to check if my opponent told the truth about "miss" or "bomb or spy" . The game makers were naive enough to actually made a game where you trust your opponent! Crazy 80s!

But when he demanded i show him my bomb and i was telling the truth, i figured out people cheat to win...

[strateguy632]

this series

[strateguy632]

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[WhiteSteve]

Yes, because Zack Morris could do it on Saved By The Bell (probably only a handful of times over the course of the show, and it was never explained, on a more or less realistic show)….. but he was my hero back in middle school, so I’d do it just to follow in Zack’s legendary footsteps😝

[Zack-Bann]

If I could save time in a bottleThe first thing that I'd like to doIs to save every day'Til eternity passes awayJust to spend them with you

[thegreenyogi]

Reading this made my day. It would be an understatement if I told you I'd want that too. Xx

[Zack-Bann]

I would love to take credit for these words if that’s the case

But these are actually words from a song I felt appropriate here

[thegreenyogi]

I see. Well they caught my attention...

[abc3643]

Because if you could stop time then you could never restart it and nothing would ever happen again and everything would be dark and verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry cold.

[DannyUk2017]

I wouldn't... Not right now anyway.. is too late, but when i was in my 20's? Hell yeah, as i would think not once not twice, but three times about what kind of decisions to make..🤷‍♂️

[Miristheiss]

Stop aging?

Probably. I do not look forward to aging.

[Nikki1989]

Yes, I have had 100 times in my life that I wish had kept going, but alas, most good things have to come to an end.

[Grond21]

If I could stop it for myself, I absolutely would. It will give me a lot more time to study, especially if I could interact in some way with the physical world.

[WonderingManII]

I would do it, just to see what wouldn't happen.

[Staximus]

For sure, I have some things to do that I may not have time for.

[Fireguy17]

nope, you do not want to mess with that.

[exitseven]

yes, I do not want t oget any older.

[shortster]

Of course, I could win a lot of poker games.

[Twalli]

Listen to the song "Time in a Bottle"

[Anonymous]

Yes, because it would be interesting.

[Anonymous]

if i am not getting old, for to be immortal

[Dongie]

No, it's not mine.

[Dongie]

If you get a fast enough spaceship time can be messed with. Not stopped unless you can figure out that infinite mass thing.

Since time slows the faster you go, wouldn't it speed up the slower you go? If you could step off the earth would you age infinitely instantly? I guess not, since space is expanding.