Summer Time Flatness Philosophy Discussion

It's flat. Lets have a discussion.

Time. A concept? A creation of man? Is it tangible? What is it?

 

Ah yes. The oh so common theory that a train is a metaphor for time. An interesting concept, with there being so many similarities once one looks.They were both created by man, but once activated, cannot be stopped except by enormous counter force. There is also the similarity which involves multiple tracks (represented in time as multiple realities) coming to cross each other. The train theory suggests than man has the power to choose between realities (as one may change tracks) and many question that. If we can change between realities, or bands of time, how do we? Do we do it subconsciously, without noticing? Finally there is the parallelism that if time is dislodged or trains are derailed from their paths (or tracks) there could be disastrous results (2012?). Seeing as how humans have managed to avoid this, this portion of the theory is also untested. All things to consider. I'm very glad you brought this up Conway, no time discussion is ever complete without analysis of the train theorem.


Serious replies are also welcome and encouraged.

 

Ahh, a different take on time. I was thinking more of the larger units more than seconds and minutes; decades, centuries, eons.
So if time is a creation of man, before man was around did the sun not set, did the months not pass?

 

WELL I THINK ITS SUPPOSED TO BE FLAT AND CHOPPY FOR THE NEXT WEEK SO WE MIGHT AS WELL DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. YOU'RE A WASTE OF TIME. jk lol

 

Yeah I actually got a few fun ones today.

 

This might be slightly redundant to my previous post but hear me out. A day is a measure of time. A day is also the time it takes for the earth to complete one rotation on its axis. Did the earth not rotate on its axis before man, and therefore time passed regardless of whether or not the concept existed yet? Take a concept such as beauty. Beauty is a concept of man. Before man was around, was nature not still beautiful?

And if I wanted to be really nit picky, did planets not rotate and therefore time not exist in other solar systems, before the creation of our own?

 

Interesting points Conway, I will only tackle a few for now.

If you had a clock. No clock? Your fingernails growing.

The concept of time itself (if it is a concept) is based on things passing, not the other way around. Time not passing while you experience reality (are living and breathing) goes against the fundamental concept of time.

 

I am aware of this. Thank you anyway.

My point is, for that whole 6 billion years, time was passing regardless of whether it had been invented, regardless of whether man was there to watch it pass. If the events through which we measure time took place, then time took place.