Does time exist?
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Write4U
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Sometimes with surprising accuracy ..
Each consequtive instant is NOW, unless. an object is destroyed in the process.
It no longer has a NOW.
As I have attempted to explain elsewhere in this post think about making a movie.
As I am sure you know the movie relies on a sequence of stills being viewed on what ever device is suitable for the medium of the recording.
Between the stills is a sliver of a gap when no recording is being made
But in the gap (during the gap) the NOW in the real world still exist [/quoye] As I said NOW is ech instant of existence.
Yes in the gap resides the Implocate of what is to become NOW in reality
Second paragraph is two complicated for my 2 brain cells to process sorry
The Now s continuous. We have sliced it in increments for our convenience..
Write4U
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The two are not in conflict/
Beg to differ
You end with TIME (which I contend it is not)
Mine ends in AGE (which I contend it is)
TIME and AGE are not the same
A succession of moments it is not
That is a film
NOW is not stop / start
A succession of moments equals stop / start which equates to a succession of ages
NOW is not a succession of ages
Age is not time and it certainly is not NOW
Asexperia
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The images in the film are discontinuous. Time is the continuous succession of moments.
Write4U
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Asexperia
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In the cinematography an illusion of the movement is created by the discreet succession of images. In time the term rest does not fit.
In cinematography the illusion of movement is produced by persistence of vision
This holds the image long enough in the eye for the next image, which has minimal changes, to be imposed creating illusion of movement
Slow the movie down enough and you will see each frame as a still
NOW does not have frames
Persistence of vision is not required to visualise movement when looking at the real world NOW
Asexperia
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In cinematography, nowa are artificial and repeatable. In the temporal reality, nows are unrepeatable and irreversible.
Write4U
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Of course YOU who experience the NOW, but only in YOUR mind. My NOW is different than yur NOW, relatively speaking.
In any case we never experience the real NOW, because everything we observe is already in the PAST.
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Your NOW happens exactly as mine does
Only the place is different
Think body is in lock step with my mind
I'm fairly certain I have never experienced a fake now
Again the NOW happening on the TV is in lock step with my NOW only at a different place, a few metres away
My son is writing my Birthday Card NOW
Just because I won't know about it until later does not mean he is writing it at a different NOW
A super super observer far enough away can observe my son writing my card, my TV set and me and would see us at different places but in the same NOW
everything we observe is already in the PAST
True
And I was there with everything at the same NOW
So does time exist then ?
Nooooo
Different places exist
Are you referring to your statement below
everything we observe is already in the PAST
I'll try to break it down further
Only NOW exist (my rock solid foundation of understanding)
My son writing my Birthday Card is doing it NOW
My TV is sending out light waves NOW
My eye is receiving the light waves NOW
My brain is deciding if I like the program or should I change channel and look for another program NOW
My body is relaxing on the lounge NOW
NONE of the above can happen
- in the past or
- in the future
- can only happen NOW
NONE of the above can exist in the future
My point , time does not exist
Prove it
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