'TIME' does not exist....... so why do we get so anxious about it?

Manmade time does exist. Its 60 miliseconds in a second. 60 seconds in a minute. 60 minutes in an hour 24 hours in a day 7 days in a week 365 days or 52 weeks in a year 100 years in a century 1000 years in a millenia, etc. Now then, this all does exist definitely as a concept and a measure of time. However, human understanding of time, space, reality and "existence" itself is flawed. Unfortunately what we know is all we have to go on. There are theories and guesses about these things and time is no exception. Its possible there are bends of time, time displacements or perceptions of time that could prove its non existence or prove it as something else entirely. Time is actually a human and three dimensional concept (some say four, but I'm just saying this for discussion). There's a past, a present (which we occupy) and a future (we have yet to occupy). In those terms the past exists and doesn't exist at the same time. We have history, memories to prove the past occured, but as a reality... the past no longer exists at least to us "presently." The present perpetually exists and we perceive it with every second that elapses. It does exist hence a flow of time, movement, action and life. The future does not exist until we arrive at said points in the future. For example, I have no idea how this ultra long probably putting you guys to sleep post is going to last. I also have no idea where I'll be in an hour or two. That is because these events haven't arrived yet. Plus completely DIFFERENT things could happen! The future I envision could or could not come to pass. Only when we arrive at the future as we perceive or envision it does that time exist. But now its called the present or our "new"/current present. I mentioned perception of time as well. There have been instances of people recording time different both objectively and subjectively (the latter moreso). Some perceive time going incredibly fast at points and slow at other points. Others note that the lack of perception in time helps to "accelerate" time from their perspective. And with this, the focus on time itself and its timekeeping "slows" the time. Both are constructs just to understand and interpret time, but in reality the seconds, hours and days pass as they always have with no change in time due to its fixed measurements (as we've reviewed). There is also a different perception of time. Those asleep or in a coma do not experience the passage of time. One would say its similar to the "less attention" example and I will concede that point. Both instances indicate a removal of the conscious mind from this "reality" at least temporarily. In said removal time is not kept and only when one awakes or returns does one realize how much time passed. A third perception of time. Lets review the time variable of past/present/future. Human minds, development, experiences, technology all lack the requirements for breaking this perception of time (and most certainly bringing said break into physical "reality"). If there was a break or bend of time, then true acceleration or decceleration of time could be a reality. This could also include time travel in the "common" and "feasible" senses. Some physics examples and thought experiments in general use instances of wormholes, blackholes, superspeed instances or other exotic item to solve all of these time experiments and theories. For the "common" time travel, real time in this reality would be shifted or an item/person would be transported from the present to a different point on the timeline (past or future). In "feasible" senses wormholes are used to allow the bending and acceleration of speeds theorized to cause time travel, or they allow transfer to a parallel universe... one following the same timeline as ours but at a different point along the timeline. One thing to note with the "common" example, there are theories within the theory that do not allow for the time travel to the future since it has not happened. For time travel in general other models do not allow for travel to the past due to time always being "linear" and physical inability to "reverse time". Then again there are other perceptions that can only be imagined but never experienced. Its possible time is simply another way humanity has to organize society and life but its real essence is unknown to us. It could be bypassed completely possibly allowing for a new plane of existence and time. Perhaps eternal life could be realized with a true mastery of the self, technologies or some other elimination of time. Still, I do not see time and existence being removed or eliminated only adjusted or our perception of it. Its also possible time will exist, but it'll be those that do not know the true secrets of time that'll still be stuck in a 24/7 universe.

That does seem very interesting, and in a way, time IS a concept invented by people so we are more efficient. But I think it's been around so long, that the concept has become very real. What is aging but the passage of time, running out of time? As "time" progresses, why does a woman lose the ability to have children? If time didn't exist, the passage of what would tell people there biological clock is out. If you think about it, every word we've ever created is just something we used to define something else. Life doesn't really exist either, but what are we doing now? Are we living? If we're not, then what are we? Haha, it's something that just goes around too much in a cycle.

You cannot ignore or deny the time factor-it is the most crucial determinant of life-every aspect of life is guided by a cronometer-you know your being born, your growing, your wealth building and success is never an overnight scenario-it is something that only time can bring about-it is sad that people often abuse or fein ignorance the unimportance of time, I want you to give time a serious second look because any time wasted will never be recovered, and time is perhaps the most under valued resource around us!

hmmmmmmmmmm time does exist and is the 4th dimention x,y,z and all , in THIS place and time maybe a nice chicken soup with parsley sage rosemary and simon and garfunkel even and descartes b4 the horse even ne way, without clocks people ARE way more free weird how they were invented for showing up for prayers and now they are there in time clocks and punchcards etc. we have to be ON TIME !!!!!!! German people like that sort of thing. Maybe some caution is due.

I am not time conscious. This time consciousness makes things complicated and develops a sort of pressure in the mind of humanbeings. Animals and birds are rather free,happy and comfortable because they follow nature's law and are not time bounded. Men are discomfortable and suffer from various ailments physically and mentally because they are time driven right from birthtime that is the time of arrival to ths world. Its right that one should do things at the right time but not at the cost of deadlines and pressure. jayagowri@beawinnerindia.com

LOL...letting time go is a great thing. However if you are more then 15 minutes late for your doctors appointment they may not see you, if you don't get to work on time you (or at least most of us) would no longer have a job, and when it is all said and done whether it is measured or not, we can still only get some much done in the hours between one sunset and then next.

Why shouldn't we feel anxious about being trapped in a dimension that doesn't exist? :~D

maybe it's not that complex. it's just that sometimes we can't undo what that is done even if we want to. it's like that if we miss a chance, there won't be a second chance. =D