Time May Not Exist
andyt @ Sun May 22, 2016 8:59 am
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The problem, in brief, is that time may not exist at the most fundamental level of physical reality. If so, then what is time? And why is it so obviously and tyrannically omnipresent in our own experience? “The meaning of time has become terribly problematic in contemporary physics,” says Simon Saunders, a philosopher of physics at the University of Oxford. “The situation is so uncomfortable that by far the best thing to do is declare oneself an agnostic.”
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/in-no-time
Tyler_1 @ Sun May 22, 2016 9:22 am
Freakinoldguy @ Sun May 22, 2016 10:28 am
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Since time no longer exists, I guess ageing is non existent right along with it. Now to convince my body that it's fucking up this new reality.
andyt @ Sun May 22, 2016 10:52 am
Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
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Since time no longer exists, I guess ageing is non existent right along with it. Now to convince my body that it's fucking up this new reality.
Since time no longer exists, I guess ageing is non existent right along with it. Now to convince my body that it's fucking up this new reality.
The more likely explanation is that your body
$1:
may not exist at the most fundamental level of physical reality
llama66 @ Sun May 22, 2016 11:54 am
Excellent. I shall use time doesn't exist excuse next time I am late for work.
Thanos @ Sun May 22, 2016 12:53 pm
If nothing's real then why does it always hurt so much? 
Hyack @ Sun May 22, 2016 1:31 pm
Haven't you realized the correlation between time and pain yet?
The greater the pain the slower time progresses.....the better you feel, the faster time progresses....
Time is the only thing we have that is preventing everything from happening simultaneously!!
Thanos @ Sun May 22, 2016 1:35 pm
All I know is that awake-time lasts far too long and nap-time is nowhere near long enough. 
Strutz @ Sun May 22, 2016 8:57 pm
Ok... so I read the article and all I can say is...
Can I have some of what he's been smoking? 
Public_Domain @ Mon May 23, 2016 6:34 am
raydan @ Mon May 23, 2016 6:51 am
Finally... Achilles will catch the tortoise. 
andyt @ Mon May 23, 2016 8:56 am
Public_Domain Public_Domain:
Time may not exist but for the way our brains process reality as it happens, time exists. We'll never escape "time".
Except that some biological entities report that their brains have processed reality to experience "no time." It seems to have quite the transformative effect on how they perceive the world. It doesn't stop the biological clock of their bodies, but they seem a lot more relaxed with it all. I guess it comes down to whether you see yourself as being a biobot or not.
fifeboy @ Mon May 23, 2016 9:12 am
raydan raydan:
Finally... Achilles will catch the tortoise.
Don't be such a heel Ray!
raydan @ Mon May 23, 2016 10:19 am
I saw what you did there. 
ShepherdsDog @ Mon May 23, 2016 11:01 am
He has a tendoncy to do that.