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Time
August 15, 2015 at 8:36 pm
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Can anyone explain time to me? It never made sense to me that it's actually a real thing in physics, I always thought it was just another human peculiarity that makes no sense conceptually- just another fuck-up of linguistics.
Provide whatever explanation you like. Just please don't call me a moron - I already know that, sigh. 
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 10:03 pm
Time is simply a measure of motion.
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 10:33 pm
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(August 15, 2015 at 10:03 pm)IATIA Wrote: Time is simply a measure of motion.
How does it measure motion exactly? That seems to me like a circular definition.
How come it's the "fourth dimension" if it simply measures motion?
And what is motion then?
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 10:37 pm
Basically we use motion to measure motion.
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 10:44 pm
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(August 15, 2015 at 10:37 pm)IATIA Wrote: Basically we use motion to measure motion.
I'm guessing you're referring to how we actually measure time and how we use that "set" motion(be it of the pendulum for arguments' sake) to compare it against some other, unfamiliar motion so we can better grasp its nature(?).
But why do we need to measure motion like that, in the first place? It doesn't seem to me like it's the best possible way to go about it, really. But what do I know? 
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 10:57 pm
(August 15, 2015 at 10:44 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: But why do we need to measure motion like that, in the first place? It doesn't seem to me like it's the best possible way to go about it, really. But what do I know?
I am not sure I understand the question.
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 11:04 pm
(August 15, 2015 at 10:33 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: (August 15, 2015 at 10:03 pm)IATIA Wrote: Time is simply a measure of motion.
How come it's the "fourth dimension" if it simply measures motion?
Think of a street address. If I want to meet you, I need to specify not only a 3-dimensional location but one of a time, also. If the time doesn't match up, we won't see each other.
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 11:05 pm
(August 15, 2015 at 10:57 pm)IATIA Wrote: (August 15, 2015 at 10:44 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: But why do we need to measure motion like that, in the first place? It doesn't seem to me like it's the best possible way to go about it, really. But what do I know?
I am not sure I understand the question.
That may be because I didn't properly understand you and that's why I branched out with different questions. A confirmation that I got your reply about motion measuring motion right would both suffice and nullify this other question that puzzled you.
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 11:06 pm
Either without time everything would happen all at once, or nothing would happen at all . . .
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RE: Time
August 15, 2015 at 11:12 pm
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This is the point at which time becomes a problem. If everything did not happen at once then we run into infinite regression. On the other hand, I perceive that I had to strike a key on the keyboard before it would show on the screen.
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