Originally posted by muse7
This makes me think that time is not a property of the universe but only a human invention
so you're saying that series of events on a rogue planet would not happen in distinct order.. meaning they wouldn't happen one after another...
i think you're premature in your query here. you haven't pondered it enough before bringing it to the discussion.
"time" as a "human invention" .. lolz ... i think we noticed ourselves having repeated experiences.. a pattern of similar events.. ie: spring
summer fall winter.. and noticed the growth of a woman's abdomen after a copulation.. that after a certain amount of waiting.. a new human popped
out...
thus after these repeated observations.. out of eventuality.. we adopted knowledgeable calculations based on our experiences of said time
intervals...
time isn't a human "invention" ... we didn't say.. hmm we shall invent TIME NOW!... and then there was "time" ...
i think you mean that our calendar system is unique to the solar system we're in.. and our current scheduling of said calendar is an invention of
humans....
not "time itself"....
however on a side note... the current vibe in quantum string theory suggests that 'time' as we know it (linear time).. past present future.. is
merely our perception of experience.. in this current phase of our biological manifestation.. (homo sapiens) .. and that ALL things occur parallel to
one another in an eternity of all possibilities.. look up brain Green's "the fabric of the cosmos" on YouTube for more info...
also i read a Scientific American magazine last year where they discussed the same thing.. and gave a REASON as to WHY we perceive time in a linear
fashion in this phase of our existence...
and that was that .. in order for us to derive meaningful knowledge of experiences and events.. we needed a STORY ARCH ... where we had an
INTRODUCTION phase of events.. then a CONFLICT phase of events.. then a RESOLUTION phase of events... in order for fledgling intelligent beings such
as ourselves to consider reality, and reflect upon it... meaning.. our brain's current biology is formed as a purposeful perception device that
allows our consciousness to grow .. from gleaning knowledge and wisdom from the experience of events...
and eventually after enough experience in this phase, we'd evolve a higher level of brain that perceives TIME as it actually is... "non linear" ..
"all happening at once" .. where just like a DVD control we can fast forward , rewind, and better yet.. SKIP to different chapters.. for a more
efficient and analytical view of our experiences...
sounds like fiction .. but it's what quantum string theory is now concluding as to how reality actually is... and our perception a temporarily, mere
necessary, albeit illusory, method of perception.