eli5 Is it correct to think of events happening on the far side of the universe or in a different galaxy as occurring “at the same time”?
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Time is relative. It happened at the time you perceived it so, yes, it happened at the same time as where you are.
If you were closer, you would perceive it differently.
Time is relative. Someone hits a baseball. Light travels very fast so you see it almost instantly at our scale. Sound is slower so you don’t hear the crack until later.
Your mind perceives these things as instantaneous, yet they have time delay. A Cell phone call has time delay. Time is a cruel mistress.
The answer is, events are based on perception.
Time is irrelevant because it has no baseline. Time is dilated due to speed. Nothing matters. You hear yourself talk to yourself in your ear on the phone. You burn your toe but you don’t feel it for a bit. Gravity distorts space time. Speed distorts space time.
Nothing matters. So, yes, what you see is what you get is the easiest way to manage it. God never made a start point or a ticker for time.
Think too much about it and you’ll want to pull the covers up to your neck, tuck in your toes, and try not to think about infinity.
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