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Edited by Pureey:
9/30/2014 2:09:52 PM
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Is Time An Illusion?
There seem to be two major theories currently.
The theory that the vast majority of people have naturally come to accept because it's the most sensible from a simplified and personal perspective is that time is constantly flowing in all places continuously ― beginning to end.
The less known and accepted theory is that every point in time exists simultaneously. To understand this, one can compare the universe to a DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. Any and all points within the movie exist on that disc simultaneously. It's simply a matter or rewinding or fast-forwarding to reach that point, and yet it moves in a coherent path on its own.
What is your view on the subject?
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I wouldn't call it an illusion. It's a very real thing, but I think there are just different perspectives of time and it's effects. It may be a byproduct of other things, but in my mind, it doesn't make sense to say that time [i]doesn't exist.[/i] Gravitational lensing is enough for me to believe that time is a real thing. There is Eddington's arrow of time, which basically uses entropy to explain what time is. Makes a lot of sense, doesn't need to much explanation. Entropy (amount of unavailable energy) increases, time passes forward, and vice versa. There is the 4 dimensional interpretation of the universe, as explained through relativity, where time exists as a real thing just as space does, intertwined into spacetime. This explains many phenomena in the universe for us, and has gave way to many advances in astronomy. However this isn't the definite explanation of what time is because it shows us what time [i]does.[/i] But I guess you can say that if we see what it does, then it must be real. Then there is the hypothesis that time is a byproduct of quantum entanglement. I'm no quantum physicist, so I won't even try explaining something I hardly understand myself, but do remember seeing an experiment done specifically on this subject in the past couple years, so a quick google search will probably provide you with relevant and better information that I can.
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Ah well I should be able to answer this, I mean ive watched interstellar like twice
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Time is the general rate if change for matter/energy, not a literal path that can be traveled. The rate can be affected by mass/gravity and speed. The past in the common science fiction sense does not exist, and is the reason you cannot travel to it.
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Sorry my friend. I can't really contribute to this, although I do have a quote I've heard somewhere that might be relevant. "Time is easy on beginners. It let's them keep the illusion of control."
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My brother and I were also talking about a theory that there are 2 universe's. One is going forward in time, and the other is going back. So, possibly we could be the ones going backward and when you think you're walking forward you're actually walking backwards, but you dont notice. Then, theres the Quantum Immortality Theory. which is my number 1 fear. Its like..when you die you are transported to another universe or make another universe and you restart your life alll over again. So when people say your fate is decided, its possible it actually is. Just, think of restarting your life over and over and over and over again forever. Idk about you, but that scares me. [spoiler]they arent theories about time, ik. But I think they're interesting amd I hope you do toc:[/spoiler]
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Time is most definitely an illusion. I thought I was reading these posts for 5 minutes, turns out I have grown a beard.
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You forgot the other two main theories- time doesn't exist, and time flows both ways. Scientifically, these two hold far more credence than your first one OP.
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2 RepliesTime is the perception of motion and the process of energy➡entropy, with out those we could not have time
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Depends on how fast you are traveling compared to others' reference frame ;)
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1 ReplyEdited by Martin Septim: 4/21/2015 11:25:05 PMWe see a bunch of different things in the world and we want to describe the differences between them, so we invent distance to describe their shape and size in relation to one other, weight to describe their mass in relation to one other, and time to describe how they change in relation to one other. Is this description an illusion? In a way. But also in a way not. An inch is not real, but the space which an inch represents is real. See what I mean? Things change, that's real. But 'time' as a separate thing which makes other things change? No that's not real. It's all together, not fragmented like we think into 'time' and 'space' and such; that's just our filing cabinet of a brain's way of sorting the world.
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Edited by What Up Essay: 5/22/2015 8:04:14 AMAnimals don't know time. They are never late, only humans are. We have grown too intelligent for our own good. They already knew this 2500 years ago. Don't think, and be at ease in your own life. Here and now.
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Time is an artificial concept created by man to understand the expansion of the universe. It's super complicated. Like explaining color to a blind person.
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...The world may never know jk, can we rewind, or observe see this effect in real life?
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2 RepliesIf you watch something fly into a black hole you will never see it enter because of the intense time distortion around the event horizon. Time is definitely not linear. But it could go from a beginning point to an end point. I personally believe time is just an illusion created by our minds to understand light and how it travels.
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If we could perceive time as it really was, why reason would grammar professors have to get out of bed?
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Pants are an illusion...and so is death.
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Time is an illusion. Only "now" exists. The past is only memory. The future will eventually be a now and then a memory. Life is a series of moments and "right nows" time is something humans invented to make sense of our short experience on this earth.
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No, it's a tool we harness. It's all about perception...
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I think time exists like your DVD analogy. We just view it from a forward progressing perspective because we are only 3 dimensional beings, and time is the 4th dimension.
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Read about Brian Cox proves time travel. Relevant any very interesting.
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Did you finish the -blam!-ing course so we could GTFO this thread?!
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/kicks at the ground I dunno
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1 ReplyTime is our current place in the universe and the galaxy. An attempt to reverse time would be like throwing a toy across the room, the toy breaks and you throw it back across the room hoping it would repair itself.
