What do you think time is?
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Time is simply a measurement. That's it. Nothing more-a measurement. Even in other galaxies events happen. There is a sequence to events. Time is how we keep track of what happened first. Time is not a stream of light. I believe they call that "light", or gammas, or whatever else you wish. This is a subject that has confused many a great mind by overcomplication.
719023
well i've been wondering for a long time about the nature of time. It seems that since time is the fourth dimension and we are living in 3 dimensions we may never actually understand the nature of time. Physicists say that time and space doesnt exist as such but a combined entity called spacetime exists. Philosophers may have better answers.
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Scientifically, time actually exists as a dimension, but a non-spatial one. Our perception of time may not be necessarily cover the whole concept of what time is. It could be possible that time is some type of "substance" even. But it exists as far as the universe and physics is concerned.\nSince our human experience only covers the present time as a "linear continuum", it's hard to understand time in terms of "existence". It's better to try to define first what "existence" means.\nFor example, for the Taoist, nothing actually exists.\nIn my opinion it's better to come up with a reasonable answer to the question then just put that baby to sleep, because you can throw away your time on a philosophical wild goose chase.\nYou can read "The Elegant Universe" and it'll be so mind-boggling that it might make you not worry about it too much.
521979
Yes! The True meaning of TIME is the observable decay rate of an element. Over time, things dissolve and dissipate into molecules or atoms. Rust for example, after 50 yr steel will rust away to a crumbly power and then to nothing visible.\nOnly in the spirit realm; God, Jesus, Angels and people that have died are there where nothing decays or rots or gets dirty. TIME may still exist, in the sense that the universe is physical and it decays and the angels watch over us, but to thems, they are the same today as they were when they were created.\nHope this isn't too confusing.
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This is a loaded question. To answer "how/why did time originate", we need to first understand "what is time?". Is it a real entity or an imaginary concept. If we look at Einstein's famous equation, by just rearranging the variables, and taking the speed of light c=d/t as distance (d) divided by time (t), we can get an equation of time.\n\n\nE=mc^2\n\nt^2 = md^2/E  (speed c=d/t, distance/time)\n\nt = sqr (md^2/E)\n\nWe can see that time is a function of mass, distance and energy.\n\nSo, it would be logical to assume that time originated when mass, distance and energy can into being. This would be at the beginning of the universe. So, time originate with the creation of the universe some 14 billion years ago.\n\nSo, is time a real entity or an imaginary concept? From the equation, it is a real entity. However, from an experiential standpoint, our notion of time is relative. This means that at speeds near the speed our light, the behaviour of time may shock us as it may be very different from our everyday experience of it.
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Time is, therefore we measure it.  So it is natural,  Humans quantify it.  \n\nIt is a funny thing.  Time to us is a way that we can judge when an object reaches it's destination.  In sports, we think of the amazing athletes that "see things just a bit quicker" than the rest of us.  (All hail Wayne Gretzky!)  In law enforcement it is a measure to inflict speeding tickets.  All of these facets of time are quantified by human measures.  However time exists regardless of the existence of humans.
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The concept of time is that it does not exsist. Time is on earth to put events in a cronological form. In the Universe or 'heaven' time is not a concept. Life outside of earth and our bodies has not end
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Time is a concept created to aide in human understanding.  As is emotion. However, The Bible, Quran, and Talmud, which are the three main sources for monotheistic religions, all mention times when God was described as being angered and saddened.\nAs I said before, I believe God exists outside of time, but if you wish to limit Him to human terms, I'd say there are 8+ billion people on this planet, chances are there are about 40 prayers being directed towards heaven every minute,  If time exists in heaven, God doesnt have any to spare.
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This is where convention comes in. hehe.\n\nYou see, today "time" is defined based on a reference. We define one second as exactly 9,192,631,770 oscillations or cycles of the cesium atom's resonant frequency, replacing the old second that was defined in terms of the Earth's motions.\n\nThe "uncertainity" is due to the fact that our one second here ( where its based on the measurement of this number of oscilations )  is NOT 100% the same as compared to our measurement of one second based on the previous way.\n\nWhat was the previous way? Well, it bascially defines one second the other way around. What i mean here is that in the old days time is defined relative to the motion of the earth around the sun. Ancients defined the total time taken for the earth to finish one complete revolution around the sun as one year. Then they agreed that one year is approximately made up of 365 days. Each day is then divided into 24 hours. 1 hour is then considered as having 60 minutes where 1 minute comprises as 60 seconds.\n\nOf course to achieve the definition of time as how we have it now did not just come overnight. It took some time... hehe. I did not attempt a chronological development of the idea but just intend to shed some light on the subject. You can find further information on the link below.
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Time is an arbitrary concept. Different cultures have counted the years from a different starting point. Clock time is just an arbitrary convention that made it easier to schedule work, travel etc. In math or science problems, we may have an equation talking about how something happens in relationship to time, but the time that equals zero is still an arbitrary concept, based on when something started or when we began counting or whatever. \n\nIn temperature, we have a concept of absolute zero, which is defined to be the fundamental lowest bound of temperature. Scientists have actually calculated what that absolute zero temperature must be and have even developed a scale, the Kelvin Scale, that starts from absolute zero. (There's still an arbitrariness to that scale because the "size" of one degree Kelvin was based on the size of degrees in the Centigrade scale, which was based on dividing by 100 the differential between the freezing and boiling points of water at sea level.)\n\nIf there is an absolute zero to time, we don't yet have any way of calculating what it is. If it turns out that the Big Bang theory is true, there would be some time when the universe began that could be considered the absolute zero of time for the universe. Would that be when time began? Maybe...
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The problem is that Humans, think of GOD, from their humble point of view.\nMy dear, the problem in ur question is the word "Before", coz simply, time was created for us, so, we can manage our selves, and u just feel it, coz of the daily rotation of earth around itself, and the annual one around sun. But if u imagined urself, in a room, lighted continouesly, and u don't need food, or else, and u stayed there for long, will u ever be able to tell, wether outside is dark or light, will u ever be able to tell what time is it?!\nThere is no time, there is the Existance. So, no meaning for the word "before".\nGOD is just there.
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time for you to get a watch\n\nor 1:58PM (current time in my time zone)
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Look at your watch.  That is the 4th dimension.  TIME>
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Well, its pretty much as crimsonmoonvc said.\n\nUnlike the spatial dimensions of perception, time is not directly accessable by any sensory organ. We precieve time by the unfolding of the events around us.
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Einstein-"Time is an Illusion, although persistent still just an illusion." \n\nwhat he is talking about is that physical unverse exists in a single infinitesible moment just as much as it does over the span of a million years. Time presents our senses with the concepts of mass and form. Time only exists so that we may perceive the universe and of course if we could not perceive the universe it would not really exist would it? Do you beleive in God now?
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Time only makes sense within the context of the universe. The universe provides us with our very meanings of space and time. When you measure time you are really measuring change between two states of the universe. \n\nTherefore it is a tautology to say the Universe always existed. Time is part of the universe so the statement the universe existed for ALL time is of course true. We define time as what we measure by clocks WITHIN the universe.\n\nThis does not imply that the universe has existed for an infinite amount of time. We don't know whether it has or not. But by definition it HAS existed for ALL time.\n\nThe idea that time is something apart from the universe went out with Einstein. Christians need to make better arguments.
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Time folds in as much as it is within life.\nThe future exists with the past