Time LiptonCambell: Time is subjective. We're just getting to be old farts, and that comes with it. Ask an even older fart, and they'll tell you its been going faster since before you've been born  Nathaniel Nirvana: somebody once told me it's coz of the amount of time we have left to live the more time we have in proportion to the years already done then the slower time goes coz we subconsciously perceive we have a lot of time so if it starts to really accelerate watch out  laurangelika: we don't do anything to take care of the most valuable thing we have, i call time thing because we live throught it, we have nothing without time, we can't do anything without time, time is life, life is time, happiness is time, if u dont know what to do, u are not really living. PEOPLE, ENJOY YOUR TIME SomeChick93: Time doesn't matters to me, not at all, I think time is relative, you can live more in one year than you lived in ten. I think there's no such thing as "wasted time" either, you learn from everything you go through in life.  noam_k: People tend to feel time as subjective because of the amount of experience they go through. Einstein once said: "An hour with a pretty girl feels the same as five minutes on a hot stove.", so it also depends on what kind of experience, I guess. To answer the original question: "Is time going faster?", well, not literally. But we are advancing in giant technological steps to increase the amount of excitement we go through, so figuratively, yes.  Corwin: Actually, one's perception of time really can speed up and slow down noticeable depending on your level of concentration. Here's a little experiment you can try at home.... take a watch or a clock with a second hand and stare at it... first blank your mind and think of nothing while following the second hand, and just take notice of it's duration... then shift your mind into a state of focus, study the second hand intensely, it's color, it's shape....... the second hand will appear to slow down. No foolin' noam_k: Well, if you want to go around defining a second, you might get a bit of a circular definition with light in vacuum and length. But seeing as a day is the amount of time for the sun to reach the same place in the sky, two sunrises a day would be just a little too crazy for the most of us. Also, good point Corvin. CoIin: @ noam Sorry, I was being a wee bit flippant. Well, it seems to me there are 2 possibilities:- 1. Einstein is right and there is no such thing as absolute time. If this is the case, isn't it meaningless to talk of time speeding up or slowing down? Relative to what? There is no absolute standard against which to measure. 2. Time is absolute (eg. the Newtonian universe) In this case, unless you could somehow get outside the system for a God's-eye view, how could you know if time was speeding up or slowing down? Let's say the universe was like a wind-up toy. God decided to play a prank and wind up the toy all the way. He sees everything moving faster. What do we see? It seems to me that if the entire system has been adjusted to the same degree, we wouldn't notice anything at all. noam_k: So here's the thing: we already know that Einstein was right (on that point at least), and time is relative. But the thing that it depends on is speed. So the faster you're moving "slower" time is. (You can look up "Redshift" on wikipedia.) Now, you're absolutely right on your last point, but that's because time is only defined inside the universe. God wouldn't let himself be bound by time, in my opinion, but that's a completely different debate. CoIin: Noam - "But the thing that it depends on is speed. So the faster you're moving "slower" time is" I think you've fallen into the old relativistic trap. "The faster you're moving" is a meaningless statement. Fast compared to what? In a relativistic universe it is only meaningful to talk of the difference in speed between two frames of reference. (I think - this stuff is tricky LOL) As the difference in speed increases between 2 frames of reference, let's say yours and mine, you will measure my time to slow down - but I will do likewise with yours. And we're both right.  P.S. And of course, neither of us will notice anything unusual at all. (Edited by CoIin) (Post deleted by BlackDressGirl ) LiptonCambell: Philosophically, I agree. But Practically? I don't think the universe no longer exists if no one exists to view it... Farwuq: Never said that it would not; but really, how can anyone know? If EVERY possible observer, was erased from existence,who/what would be left to observe ANYTHING ? That is a practical question. Even further, what would be left of anything we might call "real" ? Would there BE anything to observe? lol LiptonCambell: Lol well we've found evidence of things existing prior to life existing....so yea.... | Philosophy Chat Room 23 People Chatting Similar Conversations |
