Does time exist independent of our experience of reality, or is it merely a feature of our internal experiences?
2006-09-14 01:20:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Time exists independently. Otherwise, no time would pass when we're unconscious, or after our bodies die.
Our "internal experiences" merely interpret time in relation to how it affects us.
2006-09-14 01:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Space-time exists independently of us. Our internal experience of time is quite subjective.
2006-09-14 08:26:47 · answer #2 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no compelling reason to think that time 'exists' apart from (independent of) consciousness.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once." ~ Unknown
"I have seen the future, and it is very much like the present... only longer."
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a bananna." ~ Groucho Marx
"The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to get caught up." ~ Keith Pawluck
That last quote is my favorite. It is fascinating, because it operates on two different levels. Look at it one way, and it is patently ridiculous. Look at it another way, and it actually makes sense, in an oddly disturbing sort of way.
2006-09-14 10:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely the whole point of these sort of philosophical questions is that they are rhetorical and without an answer.
P.S. All those being so confident that we pass through time rather than time being subjectively created could do with reading more quantum physics.
2006-09-14 08:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by StoneWeasel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since time seems to proceed independently of our wishes or our perception of it, I would say that it's independent of our experience of reality.
2006-09-14 08:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question.
I imagine that as long as there is motion in the cosmos, "time" exists, but if everything was ina state of stasis, then it wouldn't.
That's my story an' I'm stickin' to it... unless a better theory comes along. :)
2006-09-14 08:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did any one you know die? Did time stop? Time is independent of us and our 'reality'.
2006-09-14 08:28:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experiences happen within a time period. Time is just a reference point as to when things occur for us to plan or remember things that happen within our lives.
2006-09-14 08:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by Hebrews 11 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes like the sands through the hour glass so is the days of our life. All we are is dust in the wind...dust in the wind!s
2006-09-14 08:22:51 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without time, nothing exists. Without existence, time is irrelevant.
2006-09-14 08:51:54 · answer #10 · answered by Smiley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋