What if Time is an illusion?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by nitro, Jun 25, 2015.

  1. Redneck

    Redneck

    Time

    Big picture

    Is begin-less..., end-less..., cease-less


    Smaller picture

    Are increments of measure man made - to make sense out of the bigger picture


    RN
     
    #21     Jun 26, 2015
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  2. JTrades

    JTrades

    Ten fingers => we use a decimal number system

    The sun rises each day, tides cycle each month, seasons repeat each year => we 'use' time

    Environment + intuition / perception + mind capacity => the models we use

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    An analogy:

    It's like learning to trade the wrong way, based on naive perception, then having to spend much effort undoing the 'wrong' thinking in pursuit of a better model that more accurately reflects how things really are.
     
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    #22     Jun 27, 2015
  3. JTrades

    JTrades

    If time is an illusion, is spacetime an illusion?
     
    #23     Jun 27, 2015
  4. Redneck

    Redneck

    I really like this JT :)

    My belief; I am only ever hindered - by my own ignorance


    And..., I really lived this :confused:

    RN
     
    #24     Jun 27, 2015
  5. nitro

    nitro

    The current thinking is that space-time must go. I recommend Nima's videos, since he seems to enjoy the philosophy of his subject. This talk is exactly about this, given to a general audience.

     
    #25     Jun 27, 2015
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  6. IF IT WORKS, ITS REAL AND IT WORKS!!
     
    #26     Jun 27, 2015
  7. JTrades

    JTrades

    We could have made this statement regarding whether or not the Earth was flat 700 years ago.*

    But yes, the flat model worked well enough for the time.



    * In Europe / Eratosthenes aside
     
    #27     Jun 27, 2015
  8. stu

    stu

    I don't think so.
    As a physicist, Nima's physics is baseball. His philosophy, as all philosophy, is about keeping the ball away from the bat.
     
    #28     Jun 27, 2015
  9. JTrades

    JTrades

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    #29     Jun 27, 2015
  10. Redneck

    Redneck

    Likely from being too dumb to know any better


    Some people have a talent - for art..., music..., sports

    I reckon the Good Lord saw fit to give me a talent for how to think (if you'll allow me to be so bold)

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    I can PM you the answer if you like Sir


    RN
     
    #30     Jun 27, 2015