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M$1 May 29, 2009 09:42 PM

What is Time?

I've learned that some believed time is like a river in which you can manipulate the direction it flows. Does that mean time is something physical or an abstract creation of man?
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easyeboy easyeboy
 
 May 29, 2009 09:53 PM
Time is an interval, and intervals were created by people. Walk from from point A to point B, and calculate the number of steps you took to get from point A to point B, and the number of breaths you took while walking from point A to point B. Time is a measurement. How long did it take you to get from point A to point B. Time is also a number (ie. what time is it?). Time helps people keep track of things in their life.

Check out Time Physics:

http://www.timephysics.com

"People like us who believe in physics know that the distinction between the past, the present and the future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." - Albert Einstein

Time is:-

Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice,
But for those who Love
Time is eternity.

--Henry Van Dyke

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May 29, 2009 10:54 PM
I always felt like as humans we are only pimples on the face of time.

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philipy philipy
 
May 29, 2009 11:23 PM
I'm afraid once you start talking about time, using expressions like "something physical" and "abstract creation of man" are extremely problematic, and you'll soon find yourself in the deep water of examining what it means for something to be "physical" or "real".

The only short answer I can give to your question would be something like this, from a book review on Amazon:

-- Quote

If I had to summarize the book in a paragraph, surprisingly, I would perhaps just write that we probably don't know much. Despite all the progress of the past decades, Time is still a mystery, and the revolution that Einstein started is still very incomplete. His word on the subject won't be the last.

-- /Quote

http://www.amazon.com/About-Time-Einsteins-Unfinished-Revolution/dp/0684818221

I have the book, and that's a fair summary. :)

You can see a video of an interview with the author here:

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/davies/davies_index.html

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dobiehighe... dobiehighe...
 
May 30, 2009 01:32 AM
infinity,It goes on and on
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