(August 25, 2017 at 6:43 am)budsa11 Wrote: Don't know where to put this is i'll try here...
Time is an interesting subject, although i think we have forgotten time is man made. The only reason we have "days" day and night, is that the earth orbits the sun.
Technically, i no the Sun does not orbit Earth, the Sun and all the planets are orbiting around the center of mass of the solar system.
But you get my point, seconds, minuets, hours, days, where created by man for our very own convenience and everyday lives, but in actual fact we are in only one constant that is now. No tomorrow no yesterday only the ever expansion of the universe.
So how does that define us? i guess the statement "you are old as old as you feel hold some weight"
I look at time as tool for measuring, time was invented by man as a means of measurement and nothing more. When did time gain magical powers?.
Time is a very handy tool, but people have to remember, MATH IS NOT REALITY!. Math is a tool like a mile or liter etc. Time is in the same category as all other measurements, they don’t exert a force on the physical world.
so with this being said, does this make time travel impossible? as i see lately the idea seems to be gaining traction.
i am not inserting a truth claim here, this is just my personal opinion, i just want to see what people think....
"Time" is not man made, only the word is. Language is what we use to describe our observations. Time most certainly is real.
1 is an abstract word but can be applied to what we observe.
1 apple
1 car
1 day.
Time is relative is what you should focus on, not that it exists, time most certainly does exist. If time didn't exist there would be no scientific measurements and you wouldn't even be typing your post on this computer.
Mercury has a different solar year than earth. But even our own sun has a galactic year because it too revolves around the center of the galaxy.
Instead of being wooish or dreamy eyed bone up on real science. Time can be a really freaky thing to ponder relative to QM and the sub atomic world.
It is an illusion in the sense of point of view, but it is most certainly a very real measurement pragmatic to understanding science.
