What's the verdict?
2007-02-21 16:27:33 · 7 answers · asked by Matty G 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Time is nothing more than a tool to help control the mindset of a given society. It began as an idea. Someone came up with a great idea and saw that it helped in survival and then went on to benefit in countless other ways. I know I'm addicted. Your question seems to imply that time has a real quality to it. I think we both need rehab.
2007-02-21 16:58:16 · answer #1 · answered by fauxdude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time in our universe started with a big bang, but time as we know it is measured as an 'interval level of measure' (no absolute 0 or starting point).
Many philosophers and spiritual people believe that time is an illusion, a fiction of our mind to make the world comprehensible.
If time does not exist, everything the has happened or will happened is already determined.
2007-02-22 00:44:54 · answer #2 · answered by Skeptic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philisophically speaking, time has no beginning and no end.
However, when keeping track of time on a global basis, we begin at the Prime Meridian, which cuts through Greenwich, England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Meridian
Scientifically, Prof Hawking puts it best:
http://www.hawking.org.uk/lectures/bot.html
2007-02-22 00:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by John Silver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a phrase that came into my head when I was having a catnap:
Time has no beginning, time has no end. Time always repeats itself, time and time again.
2007-02-22 00:41:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tabby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Time is something that man measures with a watch. Past and future are irrelevant, only the now exits.
2007-02-22 00:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just did. Glad and sorry for you.
Have a nice night;
Jonnie
2007-02-22 00:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by Jonnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES
2007-02-22 17:45:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋