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Started by skateandsmoke , Jan 25 2012 04:12 AM

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skateandsmoke
Posted 25 January 2012 - 04:12 AM

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What are your guys thoughts on time. What do you think time is. Is it real? Is it an illusion? I have heard many thoughts on what time is and this is just a thread to discuss time.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 04:21 AM

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time is just a way to manage and organize the constant continuation of this life. time is real, we have just put it to a system of numbers that works and thats how we understand it.

i think its foolish to have any sort of arguement over this .. time passes that's why we age and die

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 04:33 AM

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time is just a way to manage and organize the constant continuation of this life. time is real, we have just put it to a system of numbers that works and thats how we understand it.

i think its foolish to have any sort of arguement over this .. time passes that's why we age and die


I'm not encouraging an arguement, there are many opinions on this subject I have heard and I just wanted to see what you guys think.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 04:37 AM

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Time is a measurement of life.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 05:20 AM

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time is just a way to manage and organize the constant continuation of this life. time is real, we have just put it to a system of numbers that works and thats how we understand it.

i think its foolish to have any sort of arguement over this .. time passes that's why we age and die


Death and aging is not proof of Time, it is merely a biochemical process of degeneration. Time is what clocks measure, not what makes them run. Motion is the basis for time, not the other way around. Without motion, you can't measure time against anything. And its way more complicated than that because consciousness has to enter the equation (what is perceived exists), and that opens a whole new door for speculation.

Edited by PeruvianDank, 25 January 2012 - 05:26 AM.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 07:14 AM

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Time definitely exists.

But it's of an illusory basis meaning the way we perceive it is nothing as it actually exists..

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 07:19 AM

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Time is just a way of recording/measuring time.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 08:08 AM

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Time is just a way of recording/measuring time.


But you still have to define "time".

Our understanding is relatively basic, assuming there must have been a begining because we exist, and must have an end because of the nature of reality. I think its something we should observe on the surface of another mass..

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 08:46 AM

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The passing of time is relative to the experiencer of it.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 08:48 AM

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Time is just a way of recording/measuring motion.


Fixed.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 02:29 PM

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Time is real. It can be measured and manipulated.

You can also predict the effects of speed on time using Einstein's general relativity.

Our PERCEPTION of the passage of time is a different matter.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 02:41 PM

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Time is the measurement of universal evolution. Evolution never stops, and therefore I believe time is real, although I do think the idea of time is much more than just arbitrary numbers.

Edited by DBV, 25 January 2012 - 02:48 PM.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 03:24 PM

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Time is just a way of recording/measuring time.


You just tried to explain time by saying it is measuring time. You didn't even explain what time is.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 03:33 PM

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Time is the measurement of universal evolution. Evolution never stops, and therefore I believe time is real, although I do think the idea of time is much more than just arbitrary numbers.


Well, isn't the thought that time is "the measurement of universal evolution" an idea of time so wouldn't that make it unreal?

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 03:36 PM

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Well, isn't the thought that time is "the measurement of universal evolution" an idea of time so wouldn't that make it unreal?


How so? The evolution does happen just as much as our perception happens, so I guess it just depends on if you consider your perception real.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 03:40 PM

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See, to me, perception is a state of evolving awareness.. so this evolution is times process, but time itself is just how we measure this evolution, so technically it is a made up idea (it is a word after all..), but it's still labeling a physical process.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 03:50 PM

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We are taught to believe we live in a three dimensional world. But what people fail to mention is the fourth dimension, time. It is as real as height, or width, or depth. So in that sense, yes, time is real.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 04:08 PM

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look out in front of u it is ur futuretime, look to the back its is ur pasttime.. time is all around u use it wisely.. time is like space

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 04:16 PM

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look out in front of u it is ur futuretime, look to the back its is ur pasttime.. time is all around u use it wisely.. time is like space


Kind of, except space is three dimensional, time is linear.

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 05:22 PM

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The passing of time is only noticed when one is no longer in the moment.
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