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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Time


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 Time does not exist. Physics can't prove its existence, we can't see, taste, hear, or touch it. Human beings can't comprehend it slowing down or speeding up. Things happen at their own pace.

 We can only experience existence in a linear fashion. Our minds move from one static universe to another in one direction. We can't process this experience in total. So, our consciousness orders this journey through individual 'nows' for us, and we comprehend this as the passage of time.

 Our minds apply an understandable frame to the progression of our consciousness. Time was created to keep from experiencing the universe all at once.

 We see the passing of time. We see motion. We accept this as proof. But really, we are just arrangements of matter. Clocks don't detect time, they only measure the movement of their own hands.
The usual notions of time and space break down with the big bang theory. We need a timeless description of the beginning of the universe. If time was useless in the beginning, shouldn't it be useless now?

 Supposedly, when one reaches the speed of light, time slows down. If we were to jump into a black hole, those observing us would see time stop completely, as if we were floating above the event horizon. But time would feel normal to us, and we would feel ourselves fall into it.

 Time is measured by our hearts, too. Mice have rapid heartbeats. These creatures die well before humans do. However, since their hearts beat so fast, they feel as if they have lived long lives, just as humans do when they die of old age. More proof that time exists only in our minds.

 St. Augustine said that only 'now' exists. Past and future exist in our present, and time is subjective.

That's my crazy rant for the evening.

(Guess I must stop with all this drinking.
Nothing else is up. Hah).

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Posted at 03:03 pm by suzelamb

Lexi
September 1, 2005   01:03 PM PDT
 
Jacky, we'll meet up older and wiser and we'll hopefully talk about the good ol' times.
Lexi
September 1, 2005   01:01 PM PDT
 
Pure Queen Anne style...
spyro
September 1, 2005   11:04 AM PDT
 
mi piace molto la tua sedia
Jacky
September 1, 2005   04:08 AM PDT
 
Time is a useful convention, though.
When my research advance enugh and
we become immortal, the notion of time will become obsolete.
 

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