If you consider the so called "space/time continuum" it is only constant to the observer. When you also consider the natural clock that exists in nature (and the Cosmos) that tells other species, for example, when to do something, such as to repeat a very accurate cycle, such as the seven years it takes certain Locust to come out of the ground or when a Perennial should bloom, you will find "time" in about everything.
2007-03-21 18:36:45
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answer #1
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answered by Dusty 7
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I don't think that it is a human concept. It is rather universal like an extra dimension. And we already know that it is not a constant because it changes. For example, it moves slower as you get closer and closer to the speed of light.
2007-03-21 18:33:25
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answer #2
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answered by The Prince 6
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Time is a human concept. It's often referred to as the "4th dimension". We have a very skeptical understanding of time and its nature...
Time, as a human concept, is always flowing, so it's never constant.
2007-03-21 18:32:30
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answer #3
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answered by pedros2008 3
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This is probably the most intelligent question we have had so far! We make up time to suit our needs. For instance, if we need to meet, we might say "at sundown, tomorrow."
What we mean is to make things occur at the same time. (this only means that the two things should happen together.
WE make it constant by just using the same terms! in 5 mins, in 4 hours, in two days etc.
2007-03-21 18:33:42
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answered by R.E.M.E. 5
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Time is a actual length; the way we % out time is constrained by using our senses. for example the character of time as a actual length, all of us understand that the seasons replace. There are actual adjustments occurring, and because they don't all happen at as quickly as, there might desire to be some lapse or era between them. We call the passage of such durations time. we've the thought of 'formerly', 'now', and 'later'. The human element of time is that it now and lower back looks elastic. "Time flies once you're having exciting." on the different hand, time drags once you're actually not having exciting. Time zones are in basic terms human constructs, to facilitate coordinating human activities with time-measuring gadgets. instruments of time like days, months and years are regarding the strikes of the earth relative to the sunlight and the moon. instruments of time like the 2nd have been initially used to break down the minute (itself a fraction of the hour, a element of the day) into extra precise short sessions. we've defined the 2nd in terms of vibrations from specific ionized atoms, however the 2nd isn't a organic unit. that's believed that the shortest organic quantity of time (the quickest journey which will nicely be in demand in atomic technological information) occurs in ten to the minus fortieth seconds: 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000... seconds. If there is not something that occurs in a shorter span of time, this might become the organic 'unit' of time. this is plenty, plenty swifter than any person ought to react or % out. The quickest FBI quickly-draw shooter can draw and fire in approximately 0.15 seconds, and that's especially rapid. for plenty shorter or longer sessions of time, we would desire to place self belief in gadgets, like watches and clocks (stopwatches, atomic clocks, kitchen timers, the timer on your microwave oven.)
2016-11-27 21:27:15
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answer #5
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answered by palmisciano 4
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Time exists independently of human existence. If it did not, everything would happen at once and humans would never have evolved.
It is not constant. If you walk in one direction while someone else sits still, your time is actually moving more slowly than theirs.
2007-03-21 19:29:08
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answered by Anonymous
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not constant
is not a human concept
is the one of the 11 dimensions that make up space/time
aka our universe
see scientific video below for understanding
aka watch and learn:)
2007-03-21 18:32:12
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answer #7
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answered by Morpheus 1
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Many people become smart about time, wherever the answer about "dimensions" takes you, the praticity tells you that, yes exsist, is relative and eventually for surely, will kill you.
2007-03-21 18:37:30
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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In my view, time as we know it and understand it, is man-made. However, there are others that will argue differently. So, here is something that will confuse you more or less!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time
2007-03-21 18:41:50
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answered by Nikolas S 6
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noway. how do you explain santy clause going around the world in one day? and never dieing... ever. HMMMM?
2007-03-21 18:29:44
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answered by Anonymous
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