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Does time exist, or it is just an illusion? 🤔

NR92 6 Jan 9
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It's a great question. I used to think of time in absolute terms, as if it didn't require us to define it. And then I read a fascinating book by Alan Burdick, "Why Time Flies," which I highly recommend to this group.

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Apparently from a story called “The Girl in the Golden Atom” by Ray Cummings in the magazine “All-Story Weekly” in 1919:
___“Time,” he said, “is what keeps everything from happening at once.”

I won't argue with such an august authority.

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There is a space-time continuum. Things happen, therefore there must be time for them to happen in.

If you have any questions, I'll be back in an hour.

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It's a human invention. All there really is is mass/energy interreacting in it's various forms.

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Level 9

Like wow man!

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I'll tell you later.

Later doesn't exist

Up check for the Buckaroo Bonsai Reno quote.
"But remember -- no matter where you go... there you are.".
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Does clocks exist? Or are they just an illusion?

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@DangerDave I don't know why kids are allowed in this group 😏

@DangerDave what? I thought you were better than that.
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