do you believe time exists?

I was thinking about time today, and it really fasicnates me... the world revolves around time, but, really, what matters most is the rpesent. The only place we ever are on the timeline is the present. It's really interesting to think about...

You canspeed time if your really fast and you can back in time if you can go backwards fast.

[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="ZumaJones07"]i still don't think time exists as an entity by itself because everything is physical and time is not physical. Time does not affect any parts of the universe because the universe is actually governed by the speed of light, which is a physical and measurable entity. Time is just good for us humans to keep track of stuff. do you believe time exists?thegerg

TS doesn't understand how time works

Time is measured by ones perspective of the universe, we measure time by the Earths own rotation and its rotation around the sun, anywhere else and these rules don't apply. How does one measure time in the space between galaxies? metroidprime55

TS doesn't understand how time works

z4twenny

By the way, the speed of light has been beaten by the neutrino particle and the laws of physics need to be written.

slimdave21

[QUOTE="metroidprime55"]Time is measured by ones perspective of the universe, we measure time by the Earths own rotation and its rotation around the sun, anywhere else and these rules don't apply. How does one measure time in the space between galaxies? BranKetra

or, simply, the distance light can travel in a year

i still don't think time exists as an entity by itself because everything is physical and time is not physical. Time does not affect any parts of the universe because the universe is actually governed by the speed of light, which is a physical and measurable entity. Time is just good for us humans to keep track of stuff. do you believe time exists?ZumaJones07

Uh what? Second law of thermodyanmics/Thermodynamic arrow of time?

Who said time is an entity?

Who said time is an entity?

Am_Confucius

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"]

Who said time is an entity?

ZumaJones07

Now everyone shut up until you properly define "time" and specify "exist".

i think time is just used to measure how long something has been alive.

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"]

Who said time is an entity?

ZumaJones07

i always thought time was like a waste product from things going from a higher to lower energy state or from a more to less ordered state.

i always looked to the study of entropy to understand more about time.

a hole is filled with atoms and molecules and other stuff that makes up air.ZumaJones07

you do realize the speed of light itself is governed by time? in fact all speed is a metric that is defined by time.

this topic doesnt make any sense.

[QUOTE="ZumaJones07"]a hole is filled with atoms and molecules and other stuff that makes up air.Am_Confucius

you do realize the speed of light itself is governed by time? in fact all speed is a metric that is defined by time.

this topic doesnt make any sense.

SauceKing

[QUOTE="ZumaJones07"][QUOTE="Am_Confucius"]

Who said time is an entity?

thegerg

[QUOTE="SauceKing"]

you do realize the speed of light itself is governed by time? in fact all speed is a metric that is defined by time.

this topic doesnt make any sense.

ZumaJones07

C is measured in meters per second... a second being a measure of time... so no

C is measured in meters per second... a second being a measure of time... so no

SauceKing

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C is measured in meters per second... a second being a measure of time... so no

ZumaJones07

space time is a pretty basic fundamental of the universe. Maybe you will turn all of astrophysics on its head and prove it isnt... but until then... time exists and is rather important.

I don't get it. Just because time is fundamentally different than other observable things, it therefore doesn't exist? Obviously things go from one state to another over time, such as radioactive decay, the expansion of the universe, and a quadrillion other things. It's not just something humans dreamed up for our own convenience.