mankyman: AGE = (PRESENT POINT IN TIME) - (TIME OF BIRTH) [it doesn’t rule out a possibility of a negative value]
mr shadow: AGE = AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE BODY AND MIND HAS EXPERIENCED
A matter of opinion, really.
At first, I read rage.
age
/eɪdʒ/ Show Spelled [eyj] Show IPA noun, verb, aged, ag·ing or age·ing.
–noun
1.
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
If you are in stasis or if you travel into the future, the length of time you have existed does not increase.
Age is all in the mind I suppose. I’m just trying to show how there are multiple versions of it. One that can be seen and the other that is superficial.
The amount of time you have existed does change. When you travel through time you are speeding through it. You don’t just appear there magically. So you have been around for those 20 years. You have just been around faster than everyone else.
Then explain going 100 years into the past. Are you now minus 100 or however old you are? Because that is logically just impossible. So your age really does not change.
Unless you travel from one point in time to another directly :rolleyes:
And if you’re in stasis (which is what we were talking about in the first place) you are effectively suspended in time. I.e. no time passes. I.e. the amount of time you have existed does not change.
Also what Adam said.
You treat a negative number as an impossibility. You would be -100 (if you happened to travel through time as a baby :rolleyes: ).
Even though Gordon is in stasis, time still goes on. If it didn’t, then Gordon wouldn’t have appeared after the 7 Hour War. Gordon still grew older, just not physically.
Does this mean Fry in Futurama would be ~1020 years old?
Yes, yes it would.
Interesting way of defining it, certainly.
You’re essentially just arguing about the definition of the word ‘age’ as you see it…
Pointless and circular. Enjoy.
Time does not go on for Gordon. If it did, he would age (physically).
I’m not trying to say he aged physically. He’s still a 27 year old in body. But he’s still a 47 year old. (deja-vu)
whatever, I’m out
This is hopeless.
man i think you are forgetting time travel is made up, you cant go back in time in real world, you can only go forward O_o
i dont know how to say it in English, but gordon is 27 and 47 and the same time, it depends on the point of perspective.
And mankyman6 is right, for us he is 47yo.
Thank you! Someone who gets it.
I’m being completely honest. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp at all.