[andyt]

$1:

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]

[Freakinoldguy]

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]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

[cheer]

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]

Excellent. I shall use time doesn't exist excuse next time I am late for work.

[Thanos]

If nothing's real then why does it always hurt so much?

[Hyack]

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]

All I know is that awake-time lasts far too long and nap-time is nowhere near long enough.

[Strutz]

Ok... so I read the article and all I can say is...

Can I have some of what he's been smoking?

[Public_Domain]

Time may not exist as we understand it, with the whole past-present-future thing, but for how we biologically function and the way our brains process reality as it happens, time exists. We'll never escape "time", but things like this should be used to hammer the point home how impossible time travel is; the past doesn't exist and the future is just probabilities. But for humans, we experience memories, which are terrifyingly insecure and are really just weak snapshots of unique experiences. But our memory is why we dwell on "the past".

But for the universe, it all just ends up sounding like some hippie's acid trip with how much it all seems to cycle to being "one".

I remember some song I was listening to that laid some theorists voice over top some trippy beat, and he mentioned how you can remember when you were a kid, your first time doing whatever, and how sure you are that you were there, at that point, as you are here at this point. But you weren't there, not a single atom that makes you now was with you in that memory. The old "if I replace the axe head, then later replace the handle, when is it no longer the same axe?" question.

Anyway I don't try to trouble myself with much of this kind of stuff past basic drunken philosophy. But this sort of discussion grounds my atheism. Entropy isn't answering any prayers.

[raydan]

Finally... Achilles will catch the tortoise.

[andyt]

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]

raydan raydan:

Finally... Achilles will catch the tortoise.

Don't be such a heel Ray!

[raydan]

I saw what you did there.

[ShepherdsDog]

He has a tendoncy to do that.