Further Treatises on Time... (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, March 12, 2011, 16:07 (5004 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Wow... picking apart the syntax. Going to have to be more careful on my choice of language. Putting the concept on the individual level was actually the mistake, not my statement. In order to have a functioning society at our current state of mind and understanding, a concept of 'time', even if fabricated, is necessary for society to function. I agree that if allowed to move in our on cycles we would most definitely change our individual cycles to whatever worked for us individually, but then we would run into problems with the way society functions. Nothing could be scheduled, nothing could be billed. The past and future don't exist, right? So what ever good you received in the past, the past does not exist so the shipment may or may not have ever happened. All we have is a transition of states. The boxes are in my warehouse. Now the boxes are in your warehouse. You are right, are language does not support the concept of no time. It is hard to even have a discussion about it. While the individual may be 'equipped' for timelessness, society is not. Perhaps that clarifies the point as I was trying to make.-There's more relativity there than you think... have you spent time in Africa or among former citizens of Africa? I was invited to a wedding ceremony for a lady friend who was Sudanese. The time was 7pm. We waited at the hall for 2 hours before she and the entire wedding party finally showed up. Of course, I didn't care so much, (though my wife was angry, lol...) but they don't live by a clock over there. If you've worked with anyone from Brazil... trust me, they won't be on time. Give them 1-2hrs. Again, because they have different ideas about time than we do. -You're already aware that most of the world follows a lunar calendar (especially native civilizations.) The concept of time that you're discussing here (and I myself am a part of) is so culturally based it's not even funny...-I think its a bit of a myth that "nothing would get done..." stuff would still get done, I just think that there would be a more relaxed way of doing things. I would even go so far as to suggest life expectancies would go up, as stress would go down. -And my apologies... I analyze people's words and read a few times before I respond. (I usually try to account for multiple meanings...) I don't mean to be a syntax/semantics hound, but sometimes things are ambiguous... again I apologize!

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