What is the idea of "time doesnt exist?"?
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Ya Time is just a measure of change... If there is change then you can say that there is time... No-time isn't a "theory" it's an idea, a thought game.
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Time is more of a playing field than a player. It is the stage on which everything happens and not an active participants. So, to answer the question: Nowhere/Everywhere. It doesn't have to move because it always exists everywhere, cronologically speaking.\n\nSocially speaking: Time flies when you are having fun.
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well i've been wondering for a long time about the nature of time. It seems that since time is the fourth dimension and we are living in 3 dimensions we may never actually understand the nature of time. Physicists say that time and space doesnt exist as such but a combined entity called spacetime exists. Philosophers may have better answers.
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I'm not sure.  While I can't tell you whether or not there is anything outside the 'shoebox' or not that is somehow responsible for the existence of the shoebox, I can use scientific knowledge and the process of reason to determine that some concepts make no sense.\n\nFor example, since time is part of the universe, then the term "before the universe" has no meaning, as it implies the existence of time and the nonexistence of time simultaneously.\n\nLikewise, the expression "created the universe" suffers the same problem, because it implies there was a time when the universe did not exist, which is the same as saying there was a time when time did not exist.\n\nThat said, there is evidence that there is more to reality than what is immediately obvious to us.  Photons seem to "know" when a path is blocked and will "choose" a different path.  David Deutsch has developed a simple laser experiment that proves the known universe is receiveing deterministic external interference of some kind.\n\nBut back to your basic question.  People who use reason to arrive at a conclusion hold the conclusion tentatively - it may change if new evidence is discovered that contradicts it.  But faith doesn't work the same way.  Once a position is taken based on faith, it will remain in spite of new evidence - hence the existence of young earth creationists.
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GOOD QUESTION: well done! There is not really any such thing as time, it is merely our way of describing a particular abstract concept. If it was a solid physical reality it surely couldn't be relative. Lets all go and read Einstein and try to figure it out!
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Time doesn't really exist it is all your perception.
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how can something without a boundary, like the universe,  have a center?\nand yes, time is subjective. basically i think it's only a measurement of life.
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WOW ... well, let me answer your last question first ... no one will answer because you are making them think too much.  Personally, I am in awe of such an amazing question.  Alas, I know I will NOT be able to do it the justice it deserves with a simple answer.  \n\nSo let's look at the Original Question ( in bold ) and simply answer that.  Yes, I do believe that time is an illusion, that all we have is now ... RIGHT NOW.  Because our perceptions are warped ( only having 24 hours in a day ) we justify by "prioritizing" what we feel is important and has to be done at this time.  Or we put off things that can be done later ( which has no bearing on this topic ).  We might come across a more important thing to do, and therefore put the things we originally prioritized to be done on hold for the time, and pay attention to what seems to be the new important thing. \n\nSorry this isn't as great of an answer that the question deserved because we can still go into depth about abstract ideas and how we must have them done now ... i.e. Love - among other topics.
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Time travel seems to make sense to us because we have the concepts of past and future.  In particular, we can vividly picture in our minds the parts of the past we have experienced.  The past can seem to have a kind of reality because of memory, as the can future because of imagination.  But, neither the past nor the future have any real existence.  There is only the present.\n\nTime is not a container like space is.  We can travel in space because other places really exist.  Time is not a container.  There's nowhere to go.  So, no, time travel is not possible.
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I answered another similar question today with this:\n\nTime is a property of this universe only - this is not only a belief of Christian cosmology, it is also the standard belief of modern scientific cosmology, the way Stephen Hawking modeled it in "A Brief History of Time." Time is quite specific to our universe. Time has no meaning or applicability outside of the universe.\n\nSince God, from "outside" or "above" our universe, is a non-temporal being - totally outside time and all its concepts - temporal concepts such as "beginning", "created" or "origins" are utterly inapplicable. They quite literally have no meaning where God is concerned. God's today is also his yesterday, which is also his tomorrow. He does not originate because origination only means something in the context of time. It may be difficult for beings such as ourselves to understand existing outside of time, because we are stuck in it. But the limits of our imagination are a problem for our comprehension, and not a problem for God's existence.\n\nAs St. Augustine said:\n\n'Nor do you precede any given period of time by another period of time, or you would not precede all periods of time. In the eminence of your ever-present eternity, you precede all times past, and extend beyond all future times, for they are still to come--and when they have come, they will be past. But "you are always the same and your years shall have no end." Your years neither go nor come; but ours both go and come in order that all separate moments may come to pass. All your years stand together as one, since they are abiding. Nor do your years past exclude the years to come because your years do not pass away. All these years of ours shall be with you, when all of them have ceased to be. Your years are but a day, and your day is not recurrent, but always today. Your "today" does not yield to tomorrow and does not follow yesterday. Your "today" is eternity. '
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Time is a creation. It exists because we keep it. Distance is a constant, something inseparable from the fabric of reality.
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Great subject!\n\nI think it is it's own form of energy. \n\nEinstein said if you looked at a clock and moved at the speed of light, away from it, the hands would stay still. But the speed of light is measured by distance over a period of time. You can't divide by 0, so time is not stopped. It's simply an optical illusion.\n\nYes, history repeats itself, but that is just because we could never know all the mistakes that were made in the past. So time doesn't repeat itself, our human nature does.\n\nMy belief on time is that it is relative to the energy of your surroundings. I.E. a peice of meat will go bad in a week, but in a freeezer it is good for a long time. To the piece of meat, time was slower. The time was relative to the heat (energy).
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In order to have space one must have time. In fact, I consider time to be the root dimension. Without time in which to percieve the universe, I cannot see how there could be a universe. Time and space are inextricably linked.
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Yes, it is the same time here as there.  Time is an artificial construct; an illusion that we use to mark the progression of our stay on this planet.  Time doesn't truly exist, we exist and we use the various methods of measuring time (clocks, watches, egg timers, etc.) to keep track of how long we are in existence.
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no, because time is only a mesurement that we humans have come up with.  if anything, you can't travel through time because there are an infinite number of universes constantly being created.
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Great Question! I have the answer!\n\nImagine you are moving an object from left to right. You will see there is a displacement and a definite time taken to move from one place to the other. \nImagine you are moving faster. Notice that the time reduces.\nNow you are moving in ultrafast speed such that the time taken is nearly zero. \nWhat does this mean? There has been a displacement with no time. \nThis is what is called Yoga! Ancient Saints use to travel in time space exactly by controlling their displacement at no interval of time.\nSo do not confuse yourself with the things which will not happen with our life.\n\nTimelessness would be felt in time machines, where in the the machine travels at a speed equal to infinity. Or atleast close to infinity!\n\nOk! is it possible to have a timelessness?\n\nThis looks like an imaginery thing. Just in fictions!
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1 there is no god\n2 there is no 'before' time began - like asking how many corners on a sphere