2007-08-05 10:59:34 · 11 answers · asked by houc3672 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i know time just is...i wanted to know what other people think. i find it interesting...
2007-08-05 11:46:08 · update #1
Well, I think things like the changing of seasons and aging provide a general frame of reference for us by which we can estimate the passage of time, as does the invention of the clock.
And it's interesting also, why we feel that time moves slowly for some things (usually tedious things) and rapidly for others (things like fun, or, worse: aging).
Now, let's suppose there is a creator. If this is true, then time really is our own perception and very different for God. Also, if he DID design the universe, this would mean that all of nature is set to a certain clock. This is why there are mating seasons, hibernating seasons, and seasons in general.
If not, then this programming must be purely biological.
Also, what about animals? Dog years are very different from years as humans perceive them, for example.
And what about other human beings? Does time feel the same and move with the same rapidity for everyone? No, probably not. In this case, time is very likely subject to our own perceptions of it.
2007-08-05 11:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Human Rights Activist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your talking about the clock, then yes it is made up. We need that kind of time control to understand the passing of time. If time was a human perception and not a reality, then how can aging, and seasons be explained.. ?? I think that time just is....!!!!!!!!
2007-08-05 18:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by Greer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it could be...
But if it is why do cicadas "know" to come out every 7 years? Why do animals and birds "know" when to migrate/hybernate? oesn't the Sun the stars adn the moon continue on their programed orbits and give cause for a change of seasons?
Are not these related to time? I think man simply put measure to what was already there.
g-day!
2007-08-05 18:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by Kekionga 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the shadows cast by a sundial, as perceived by human interpretation. Yes. But time was and is always going to be there. whether humans perceive it or not.
2007-08-05 19:33:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is man made. It IS a human perception that controls our lives.
2007-08-05 18:02:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
scientifically, humans have no sensory organs for time. but it might be interesting to know that the brain uses time to create the illusion of the self. (the brain does not do that intentionally though...)
2007-08-05 21:17:02 · answer #6 · answered by baerchen80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is distance, and distance exists naturally.
2007-08-05 18:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by cockroachdavis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely...No start no end.no physical traits at all..Simply a concept to explain and entrap us poor dumb humans
2007-08-05 18:35:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope. It always is. We defined it so we can study it and use it.
2007-08-05 21:47:43 · answer #9 · answered by cynic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is.
2007-08-05 18:02:50 · answer #10 · answered by kathleen m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋