Is Time an Illusion? Platonic Idealism & Human Observation

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The discussion centers on the nature of time, questioning its absolute progression and the concept of entropy. It explores the possibility of time running backward and whether it has a fundamental existence, linking these ideas to human perception and Platonic idealism. The conversation raises concerns about the implications of these philosophical inquiries on the validity of scientific observations and whether they could render some scientific findings meaningless. However, the thread concludes with a suggestion that the discussion leans more towards philosophy than physics, leading to its closure.
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Now, we humans observe time to be absolute and always progressing into entropy. However, mathematically it really just seems like a axis which helps determine energy and entropy at points along the grid. I guess what I'm curious about is if there is a bias as to how time progresses, I mean, what's to say that time doesn't run backwards, or has any base existence at all? Also, is this a problem with how humans observe the world, linking back to platonic idealism. Are we fundamentally flawed in our observations of motion, time, and space itself?

and to extend, if this were to be the case, would some of the science we've done be meaningless?

Just curious,
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ComaBerenices said:
we humans observe time to be absolute

I'm not sure what you mean by this. What specific observations are you referring to?

The rest of your post looks more like philosophy than physics to me.
 
I'm afraid this is too speculative. Thread closed.
 

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