What if Time is an illusion?

[Redneck]

Time

Big picture

Is begin-less..., end-less..., cease-less


Smaller picture

Are increments of measure man made - to make sense out of the bigger picture


RN

 

[JTrades]

Ten fingers => we use a decimal number system

The sun rises each day, tides cycle each month, seasons repeat each year => we 'use' time

Environment + intuition / perception + mind capacity => the models we use

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An analogy:

It's like learning to trade the wrong way, based on naive perception, then having to spend much effort undoing the 'wrong' thinking in pursuit of a better model that more accurately reflects how things really are.

 

[JTrades]

If time is an illusion, is spacetime an illusion?

 

[Redneck]

Environment + intuition / perception + mind capacity => the models we use

I really like this JT

My belief; I am only ever hindered - by my own ignorance

It's like learning to trade the wrong way, based on naive perception, then having to spend much effort undoing the 'wrong' thinking in pursuit of a better model that more accurately reflects how things really are.

And..., I really lived this

RN

 

[nitro]

If time is an illusion, is spacetime an illusion?

The current thinking is that space-time must go. I recommend Nima's videos, since he seems to enjoy the philosophy of his subject. This talk is exactly about this, given to a general audience.

 

[hoodooman]

IF IT WORKS, ITS REAL AND IT WORKS!!

 

[JTrades]

IF IT WORKS, ITS REAL AND IT WORKS!!

We could have made this statement regarding whether or not the Earth was flat 700 years ago.*

But yes, the flat model worked well enough for the time.



* In Europe / Eratosthenes aside

 

[stu]

The current thinking is that space-time must go.

I don't think so.
As a physicist, Nima's physics is baseball. His philosophy, as all philosophy, is about keeping the ball away from the bat.

 

[JTrades]

I really live this

Ditto!

Is begin-less..., end-less..., cease-less

If I may ask, where does this insight come from?

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I still wonder about this too:

He then said, I was you, I am you, I will be you and hobbled out of the lobby.

http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...etsurfer-believes.290651/page-11#post-4108758

 

[Redneck]

If I may ask, where does this insight come from?

Likely from being too dumb to know any better


Some people have a talent - for art..., music..., sports

I reckon the Good Lord saw fit to give me a talent for how to think (if you'll allow me to be so bold)

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I still wonder about this too:

He then said, I was you, I am you, I will be you and hobbled out of the lobby.

I can PM you the answer if you like Sir


RN