Further Treatises on Time... (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, March 11, 2011, 19:58 (4802 days ago) @ David Turell

Imagine the chaos that would ensue if you told people they couldn't remember yesterday, could not plan for tomorrow, and that there lunch date at noon today was postponed indefinitely because noon does not, in fact, exist, neither does tomorrow or yesterday....
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> > I agree, by the way, that time as a 'thing' is non-existent, but it is a useful tool.
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> Great response. Philosophic discussions of time make my head spin. And at my age recent memory drives me nuts. Now where did I put that screw driver? I've got to find my glasses so I can look for it.-David, can you change the past? If not, why not? What I'm talking about isn't 'philosophy' it is a practical observation. Time only exists to us BECAUSE we have memories. It isn't part of the fabric of reality, we only perceive it as such.

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