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01-16-2015 08:30 PM |
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Originally Posted by rachMiel
(Post 986360)
If time doesn't exist, where does that leave causality? An effect always happens after its cause, right? And before/after requires time.
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When I say time doesn't exist, I mean it has no substance, no energy, no conscience, no matter, no position in space/existence. It exists as a concept, like the number one, or the concept of 'nothing', etc.
Matter and energy move: marble 1 hits marble 2; there's causality, and we have the concept of 'before and after', but it's just a mental construct.
Time is the measurement of matter moving at a constant rate, such as the seconds-arm of a watch. The only way we keep track of duration is with our brains memory (additional dendrite connections & other organizations), writing it down, or since the 1800's photos, records, tapes, computers etc. Neurons, paper & ink, photos, computer code exists, but time still does not.
Video taping a watch, or marble 1 hitting marble 2, does this create some sort of 'time' matter or energy separate from the recording? Of course not.
You can have a dream of Harvey a talking rabbit, but that doesn't mean Harvey really exists, at least not by empirical science, nor valid reasoning logic.
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