Does time exist?
The other day I woke up in the middle of the night with a question on my mind. Does time really exist? As I started thinking about it, lots of concepts came from I don't know where. It was then that I decided to do some research on the internet.
Personally, I think that time doesn't exist. What does exist is the change of states, which we perceive and measure. Movement is a Change of State. When an object goes from point A to point B it is changing its location. Even in an object that seems to be stationary in space, its atoms and atomic sub-particles are moving at high speeds.
The current concept of time comes from astronomy and physics. Newton said that time existed independently of human mind and matter. In Science, time is a variable unit of measure that has a constant ratio to velocity. It is a scale based off the constant speed of movement of an object.
On the other hand at the same time Kant proposed that time was a human invention projected over its view of the universe.
On either case, what we perceive as time is just a concept, an invention of man to organize his life. We perceive it in a very subjective way: it is not the same spending one minute without breathing than one minute playing games. What we call time is the measurement of the constant transit of events that happen to an observed object, be it a plant growing, the change of seasons or the falling of a raindrop.
It is remarkable how we let a non-existing concept control our lives so much, and how it can be used to exert control on others.
posted by Tamujin @ 4:36 PM
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3 Comments:
Considero que el tiempo en sí es un concepto para darle un orden a lo que hace el hombre, pero por otro lado, existen una serie de eventos naturales que marcan el paso de un momento a otro como por ej. el día, los cambios climáticos (estaciones), transición lunar, etc.y es por esto que podríamos hablar de dos tipos de tiempos el natural y el cultural. Le doy mucha importancia a las construcciones culturales ya que estudio Antropología.
Me gustó tu reflexión.
Saludos.
Pues asi es, gracias por tu comentario. El mundo es lo que es segun lo percibimos, es como una ilusion colectiva donde coincidimos.
Lupe,
Time is GOD's way of keeping everything from happening at once. It is much less confusing to us mortals to have the dimension of time to organize our lives.
It is somewhat linear, but not totally, as we are allowed in our heads to "visit" the past through our memories. Fortunately, the future is hidden in a veil of mystery that keeps us from seeing the possibilities.
If we were allowed to see the "possible" futures, many of us would just stand in our indecision, rather than choosing a path to walk.
Your friend, Ron
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