Time Isn’t Real; but Space Is!
I thought it was appropriate to re-visit time given we are in the process of gaining an extra hour as we switch our clocks once again. Have you ever really thought about this? How absolute is time? Is it all that fundamental? We get to change it twice a year, losing an hour and then gaining it later in the year. Sounds pretty arbitrary to me and not very fundamental. If it were fundamental, I don’t think we would have the liberty to add or subtract from it arbitrarily like we do.
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We sure can’t do that with space. Three-dimensional space is pretty absolute. I haven’t seen it suddenly appear or disappear out of nowhere. Well, unless you are a 9 month old who has not acquired the concept of object permanence and sure enough that does occur. Take a favorite toy and place that toy behind a screen of a 9 month old and as far as the nine month old is concerned that favorite toy doesn’t exist any longer. But once the child achieves the concept of object permanence that no longer happens, and as far as I know no one experiences space appearing spontaneously or disappearing spontaneously on its own volition unless you are taking some substance that alters your level of consciousness.
So, let’s get real about time and realize we have created it because we needed a place holder and that it really does not exist in and of itself. Time is derived from motion, either empty space expanding at the macro level or quantum gravity motion at the micro level.
