4.1 CONNECTION BETWEEN SPEED OF LIGHT, HUBBLE CONSTANT AND THE END OF TIME

In a previous section, the ratio of the speed of the “NOW” time to the acceleration of the “NOW” time shell was computed as the equation

Additionally, the current speed of the “NOW” time shell is the current speed of light and the current acceleration of the “NOW” time shell is the current value for the Hubble constant. Substituting the current speed of light for the numerator (speed) and the current Hubble constant for the denominator (acceleration), to solve for the unknown value V(f). This formula computes the total volume of time remaining in the future. In other words, the result of this computation tells in how many years will be the end of time! The computation is as follows:

Therefore, the end of time is approximately 7.5 billion years from now! No, this does not actually mean that time ends. Think of it like a boat floating down a river; the boat will eventually reach the mouth of the river and the journey will end for that boat, but the river remains. There may be other boats on the river of time that are further upstream.

It is important to understand that the measurement of time is in terms of a volume of time in three dimensions. In the next section, the measurement of linear years or years (linear) to measure a distance from one point to another is used. This is the same distinction between a meter as a distance measurement, and a cubic meter as a volume measurement. The next section will explore the measurement of the distance from the “NOW” time shell to the center of the time sphere. Recall, the center of the time sphere is the end of time.

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