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Originally Posted by flow-unclever
As a physical enitity - the ovewhelming scientific agreement is that time does exist however its existence is relative in nature like that of many other physical quatities with the exception of the speed of light (the only constant in the physical universe).
Infact the process of ticking of time is so dependent on the speed of light that the more one approaches the the 3 x 100 million m/s (speed of light) the slower the ticking process occurs. Infact if one is able to to reach this speed of light - scientists believe that time will come to stand still (and the concept of time as we know it will cease to exist). However there are physical limitations which makes it next to impossible to reach the speed of light.
Above is what Einstein concluded when he put forward the theory of relatiivity.
Scientist are also of the opinion that time came into existence during the big bang we the universe opened the 4 physical dimensions. Three of space and one of time.
A simple answer to your question is that time does exist in the state tht we live in and not only does it exist qualitatively but it can also be quantified.
regards flow-unclever
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I'm not a believer in the big bang (and as I understand it Mr Hawking has his doubts as to how correct the theory actually is)
I view science for the most part as the attempt of humanity to create the illusion that their reality is of more importance than and rules of nature. An example would be saying that time is relative in nature rather than saying humans understand and percieve it to be relative in nature. Nature is, science and man are products of nature that do not actually know nature but percieve it.
If one moved at the speed of light, it would not be surprising that humans would percieve movement to stop, but it wouldn't make it a reality that it did. I believe science needs to learn to separate what humans percieve and what actually is regardless of human's existence. All things move regardless of human's existence. They move at different speeds. If we percieve them not to move or to move means nothing to nature, nature simply is.
But I agree, time exists and is a representation of how we percieve movement. I however believe time exists regardless of how we percieve it as movement exists regardless of how we percieve it. The tree that falls in a forest where nobody is there to see it, does fall and it may take about 10 seconds to fall to the ground making a mighty sound when it does. It is the thought of a human who believes in the supremacy of his perception as a necessity for existence (A serious god complex) who believes that the tree never fell, time didn't exist there and it didn't make a sound.
Hotep