Recent content by zazaphys

Yeah, it's a big can-o-worms. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreality_of_Time en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_space_and_time oi.

Maybe this is a better question: Is time a dimension or a concept? I am looking out my window watching a new leaf appear on a nearby tree. Yesterday there was no leaf. So the "time" measurement for leaf growth is one per day. But what does that mean? It means that I am seeing one leaf for...

thanks for your reply, r b-j, When you say "four fundamental or base dimensions of physical quantity being length, time, mass, and electric charge," it still does not clear up for me how time is considered a physical entity, quality or quantity. Let me try to 'splain: think of a single point...

I know I am probably missing the point, but something is not clicking for me in understanding time as a dimension. Isn't time just an arbitrary measurement of distance? It's always just us 'counting hippopotamuses' while watching something moving from point A to point B (we don't have to...