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Time Isn't Real

RemyZee

RemyZee

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I saw this in graffiti on a downtown wall: "TIME ISN'T REAL."

I was like "yeah right tell that to my wrinkles."

How could time not be real when everything is constantly changing? Time is a measurement of change so how could it not exist even as a construct: it's still time.
 
There are several explanations for time. However silly as it sounds, one of the better explanations was presented in the sci-fi film "Lucy". "Time gives proof of our existence." "Time is unity."
 
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RemyZee said:
I saw this in graffiti on a downtown wall: "TIME ISN'T REAL."

I was like "yeah right tell that to my wrinkles."

How could time not be real when everything is constantly changing? Time is a measurement of change so how could it not exist even as a construct: it's still time.
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It's an old philosophical problem, and the idea that time is an illusion is a recurrent one, many people have come back to it through different perspectives. The oldest known philosopher to think on such lines is Parmenides. I recommend this video can brief you on him in 3 minutes. More about it, read wikipedia.

Having said that, I don't think the graffiti was trying to make a philosophical point.
 
Time is a construct of perception. We measure it through the oscillations of a quartz crystal. I’m serious.
 
Neonatal RRT said:
There are several explanations for time. However silly as it sounds, one of the better explanations was presented in the sci-fi film "Lucy". "Time gives proof of our existence." "Time is unity."
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That was a better movie than I thought it would be. I like that it examined the current theories of time.
 
Time may not be the same everywhere, but if you ever needed just one moment more to complete something, you know it is a reality.
 
RemyZee said:
lol ok why does time exist
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That's not asking me if it exists. That's asking me why! (LOL)

Okay okay - it's a measurement, whether it be seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and it exists to be ridden on in order to get things done.
 
I was taught time is necessary to explain distance. Or something like that. Otherwise every place would be squished into one place.
 
It's an interesting concept that time is an illusion. The illusion doesn't mean that it is fake, per se, but rather it's not what it may seem. On one hand, many of us were taught in our basic physics and calculus courses that (1) time is a unit of measure to explain duration, (2) speed is the rate at which an object moves, and (3) distance is the space between two points. Together, they are used to calculate the movement of objects. In this perspective, what would be considered classic Newtonian physics, what most humans can perceive, time is a dimension. On the other hand, once you dive into theoretical and quantum physics, time begins to behave differently based upon gravity and perspective, as it can be stretched or squeezed. Furthermore, as some may suggest time also gives proof to existence. Maybe time has characteristics of all of the above. Maybe our tiny human intellect has much to learn yet. :)
 
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People who are in the 'Time isn't real"/"Time doesn't exist" camp, think that it's strictly a concept created entirely by man.

I strongly disagree.

Yes. The measure and concept of time is created by man, to understand it on some level. But the overall existence of it, isn't. It is a ebb and flow of the universe, same as consciousness and the human soul.

I won't pretend I know all about. Even though I am considerably curious about it. But one thing is true. Time exists.
 
Neonatal RRT said:
There are several explanations for time. However silly as it sounds, one of the better explanations was presented in the sci-fi film "Lucy". "Time gives proof of our existence." "Time is unity."
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Hmmmmm time is unity Sounds good but does it really describe what time is, in fact I would think the opposite. That time is NOT unity. With time there are cracks and crevices to how we experience it, like matter that meets us where we are, just particles moving forward whereas without time there is a lack
of forward momentum. So it's not experienced. Ugh. It is confusing. But also fascinated.
 
Rocco said:
Time is a construct of perception. We measure it through the oscillations of a quartz crystal. I’m serious.
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A construct of perception. So perception is created by time and perception is guaged by our own ways of recording our interaction with change/time. If that makes sense.
 
Timelord said:
That's not asking me if it exists. That's asking me why! (LOL)

Okay okay - it's a measurement, whether it be seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and it exists to be ridden on in order to get things done.
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I like idea that time exists to be ridden on for practical reasons: to get things done. It's basically a way to structure our existence and without it there is no way to identify our experiences if that makes sense
 
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