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Old 22-April-2008, 12:59 AM
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Yes, but does time expand with the expansion of the universe?

I asked this earlier - "But this doesn't mean that seconds used to be smaller, does it?" and used the SI definition of seconds. (I asked before the thread was moved here).

The only answers I have so far received are:

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What is a second but a man-made calculation? Didn't you know we could have Planck Time clocks?
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It true that the last few seconds of existence will seem to be longer, something like 20,000 years. This is true.

It's because everything is relative, but a second is still a second.
Let's look at Planck clocks. Planck units are derived from five fundamental physical constants. Do these expand with space-time too?