2006-06-11 07:13:54 · 16 answers · asked by Wrath Warbone 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Phenomenally time is close to Dali.. "the persistence of memory."
Try having no memory, and see where you can go.
2006-06-11 07:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is a dimension, and around here that means linear. Because of the linear nature of local time, we have a present, a past and a future.
Now, (and I do mean now), what if there was only the present? If we let go of the past and the future entirely. No memories, no expectations, no predictions. Just what is, right now.
That is called "being in the moment", which is a comparable translation to many native and aboriginal terms as "no time". In these models, there is present and there is absent. Anything that is not here and now doesn't really exist.
Put another way. The past is only memories. Without memories, there is no way to determine what the past actually was. At best, we can guess based on assumptions of cause-and-effect to figure out what might have caused the current reality, or the traces left in current reality by those 'past' events.
But if our understanding of time is not accurate, then the 'traces' might just as easily be the effects of future events propagating backwards in time. We just assume they are the effects of past events propagating forward in time because our model of time is linear and one-directional.
Same with the future. We can predict ("speak ahead of....") the future by guessing what effects will come from the actions right now. But that still depends on our understanding of time and our assumptions about cause-and-effect. Assumptions that quantum physics is starting to unravel as we start to explore more deeply just how reality functions.
Living in "no time" means taking what is, based on what you perceive, and not attaching that to any past memories or future expectations. It's a mindset and a worldview. And one that I personally advocate.
2006-06-11 21:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No time is not the opposite of time in any more sence that 0 is the opposite of 1. No time is the absence of time. The opposite of time is recalling the past.
2006-06-12 01:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by Source 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh,
I have a character who is time, and talks about "no time" all the time. Um.
Time is the fourth dimension. Height, Width, Depth, and time. Thinking two dimensional is not a problem. Pictures on a page.
Look at it this way: Two pieces of matter cannot exist in the same place at the same time. It is called a traffic accident, or worse.
That has to do with time. Two cars entered the same intersection at the same time.
"No time" means it does not matter. Two cars can enter that intersection and not wreck. Or will wreck even if they entered it 100's of years apart. There is no time, remember?
Two pieces of matter can occupy the same spot in the same instant. That is "no time"
That bizarre enough for you?
2006-06-11 14:23:47 · answer #4 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is nothing more than movement. if you spell time backwards you get EMIT. Motion is energy in physical terms time relates only to the physical realm. Time in earth terms is 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week,365 days a year. Time on different planets is not the same. Where there is no motion there is no time. When you leave earth in other words time in relation to earth is no longer valid. Therefore time is a point of reference for the Phyiscal realm.
2006-06-11 14:24:30 · answer #5 · answered by TheVitaminGeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"no time" is a misnomer.
"Timeless" is the correct word for this argument
Timeless is Independent of time; eternal. Whereas "Time" is a nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
2006-06-17 21:04:15 · answer #6 · answered by Gray Matter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'No time' is NOT the opposite of time.
There is no opposite of time. Time is absolute, and it will continute marching on until.. well, the end of time. However, in reality time will never end, even if every piece of matter in every universe (if indeed there are multiple) is destroyed (which, I understand it is impossible to destroy matter), time will continue.
2006-06-11 16:10:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's no such thing as opposite of time.. if time stops then the world stops.. the world stops then it the end.. the phrase no time refers tight schedule of certain activity or a person.. which means that certain activity has limited time to achieved or must be set aside due to certain situation that the activity could be achieved at that instant...
2006-06-11 14:21:17 · answer #8 · answered by nucleus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Time like the present Best I could do today.
2006-06-11 16:12:27 · answer #9 · answered by laughsall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how can 'no time' be the opposite of time?
2006-06-11 14:15:45 · answer #10 · answered by slickleen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋