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Sapientiam
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Hello All,
I've read through a couple of forum posts on time but didn't find what I was looking for.
I've come to the conclusion that time doesn't actually exist and doesn't need to. However I'm always open for opposing points and would rather have a complete picture, even if I'm wrong.
My thoughts are this --
Time is required, even if it doesn't exist, to measure how "fast" something changes. Instead of time there is only persistent change. Change can happen "faster" or "slower" by comparing it to something else that changes, but changes extremely consistently. Generally these are Atomic Clocks. However if you put one of these Atomic Clocks near a binary star (imagine it isn't completely destroyed, etc) then that doesn't work anymore. I believe time needs to be standardized. E.g. theorize how an Atomic Clock(or replace with a better standard) would operate in the minimum(no external force, gravity, etc) and maximum(black hole, big bang, etc) environments. So essentially all there is is either faster or slower change, measured by another independent object. This also makes time travel impossible, which logically wasn't possible to begin with(grandfather paradox, etc). In conclusion I believe time is essentially the same as distance, temperature, etc. It is used to measure an aspect of change in a way humans can understand.
On a side note...
One of my major questions is, why is time required for existence? I still have not seen a good argument for this, mainly just people saying that without time the universe would not exist but that time can exist without the universe. Is this just an "je ne sais quoi" argument?
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sapientiam
I've read through a couple of forum posts on time but didn't find what I was looking for.
I've come to the conclusion that time doesn't actually exist and doesn't need to. However I'm always open for opposing points and would rather have a complete picture, even if I'm wrong.
My thoughts are this --
Time is required, even if it doesn't exist, to measure how "fast" something changes. Instead of time there is only persistent change. Change can happen "faster" or "slower" by comparing it to something else that changes, but changes extremely consistently. Generally these are Atomic Clocks. However if you put one of these Atomic Clocks near a binary star (imagine it isn't completely destroyed, etc) then that doesn't work anymore. I believe time needs to be standardized. E.g. theorize how an Atomic Clock(or replace with a better standard) would operate in the minimum(no external force, gravity, etc) and maximum(black hole, big bang, etc) environments. So essentially all there is is either faster or slower change, measured by another independent object. This also makes time travel impossible, which logically wasn't possible to begin with(grandfather paradox, etc). In conclusion I believe time is essentially the same as distance, temperature, etc. It is used to measure an aspect of change in a way humans can understand.
On a side note...
One of my major questions is, why is time required for existence? I still have not seen a good argument for this, mainly just people saying that without time the universe would not exist but that time can exist without the universe. Is this just an "je ne sais quoi" argument?
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sapientiam