Does time really exist?

If you were to be asked to identify what time is, what is it? Animal? No... Vegetable? No.. Mineral? No.. Spirit? No.. Does it have matter? No. How do you scientifically prove the existence of time? Yes, we know we age... which is a physiological change that occurs the longer we exist, but even that doesn't truly explain what time is. What is time? The earth revolves every 24 hours and we are exposed to light and dark and we call this 'time' day and night, but what exactly is time? It's a concept, so it's not anything that truly exists.. it's an idea, if you will, to explain our existence. You might say, yes time exists, because I have a clock on the wall or a watch on my wrist.. but again.. that's a man made device to measure the passage of our existence. Mind boggling!

yes deadbeat, without the clock peoples predicts the time in the ancient time. the examples of such palace is jantar mantar. astrologers predits the time with the shadow of the sun.

Even without a clock on the wall, people judged the time of the day by the sun or moon position So even without a clock one could tell what part of the day they were in just by looking at the sun or the moon. The concept of time may be man made, however, I think its always been there just different ways to explain it.

Hi Pose. I agree. Time is manmade. All we have is a linear existence of now. There is a concept that is also manmade called the ‘arrow of time’ which only goes in one direction. The concept of time is as elusive as the concept of God. I believe in God, but I don’t believe all the stories that have been handed down. Like.. I don’t believe that God formed Adam from the dirt and created Eve from Adam’s rib. I don’t think many preachers actually believe some of the stuff they teach. They sure don’t behave like it. But that’s another discussion.

Oh one more thing… that link doesn’t work for me. I don’t know why.

What you said is exactly why I feel that time is a man made concept. Things happen and we move on from it.. hours (by the clock) and days pass (by the revolving of the earth around the sun) and that is the illusion of time.

Wow Spike.. Happy New Year..

I have a phone too but I hate it lol.

I used to wear one, but since I’ve owned a cell phone, which has the time on it, I haven’t had a watch either.

It sure would be nice but, somehow I don't think in this day and age that will happen. Have a great day.

It would be nice, wouldn't it?

If it weren't for mankind, there would be no time, because no one would have thought of it. I think most people take time for granted according to the clock and according to the sun. But if you truly think about time, you can't touch it, examine it, or manipulate it in anyway... yet people think they can by setting their clocks. They believe they can drive faster to save time getting somewhere, but really nothing is actually saved.. it remains a man made concept to measure our existence. To me, time is as mind boggling as if a tree were to fall in the forest would there be a noise if nothing were there to hear it? Since noise is perceived with the ears and vibration, if nothing were there to perceive it would there be any sound? Time is also as illusive as the concept of God. We can't measure God, we can't capture God either.. we can't prove the existence of God, yet we who believe in God, do believe to explain our existence.

You are right. I am philosophical for the moment. It makes me happy to focus on things like this. I love pondering things. Time is so illusive… it’s like God… we can’t see it, touch it, or manipulate it, but we see the presence of it as it passes and we look forward to it as we hope for our futures. Physically, we age through the progression of our existence, and we have come to call that progression time. I wonder who coined the passage of our existence into the word, “time”? Something else to ponder.

I agree with you whole heartedly!

Time is really an amazing concept if you think about it deeply. I tend to get stuck in things like this for days sometimes when I am only thinking of concepts… or black holes or whatever. I think I should have been a physicist in another life…lol!

Oh, I am making the most of time now. At my age you know you have to. What is a headfeck, or do I really want to ask that?

Just dont time travel, the past is best left there. Forget about it, a new year is all that matters And I am glad that you are here this new year

Make the most of now Savak. Time is a headfeck lol. Happy new year little mouse

Yes, the bible speaks of time. One day is a thousand years and a thousand years is a day. We can't examine time... we can remember the past, but it's not really the same thing. I know there is a definition for time in science, but it is so mind boggling because we don't really live in time, we live in the present only. We did live in the past.. past tense.. like I was alive last year... but like all of us, I live in the present.

Happy New Year Ravisvan!

I know what you are saying, and your reasoning is like most everyone else’s. In space where the planets revolve, does time exist? Time is a man made concept to explain the passage of our existence. The earth revolving to show light and dark doesn’t prove time, but it is how we explain it. Hours and minutes are man made concepts also. Can you capture time? Can you prove it exists? Can you look at it under a microscope? No, because it is a concept. It is nothing tangible. We conceive time through our existence. None of us can do anything else. Time is not a person, place or thing, so how can it truly exist? It is a concept, which is used to explain our existence. Years are also man made concepts. There are still civilizations today that do not live according to time as we know it. Winterose mentioned the Hopi Indians who use the moon to judge the passage of time as they know it.