The 14th Colony
August 21st, 2004, 11:11 AM
...of course, my answer is essentially wrong as well.... theoretically, time is dependent on perception. Remove object and effect, and you theoretically remove time, but since there's no way to test that one, we have to use what we have. So, potentially accurate within accepted parameters.
That's the essential problem of any science- true lack of subjectivity is impossible.
As an experiment in analytical thought, I asked in a thread long ago the question "Time, Temperature, or Distance?" (http://www.colonialfleets.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4580&page=1&pp=20). One of the posts was the above post by Micheleh, and rereading that thread just now something caught my attention and made me think, not an easy procedure. Time is either real or merely man's perception of the sequence of events. Is time truly part of the equasion of the universe, or a definition to explain what man perceives as events unfolding? Now I am left pondering, "If Cause and Affect were eliminated, would time also be denied existance?"
That's the essential problem of any science- true lack of subjectivity is impossible.
As an experiment in analytical thought, I asked in a thread long ago the question "Time, Temperature, or Distance?" (http://www.colonialfleets.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4580&page=1&pp=20). One of the posts was the above post by Micheleh, and rereading that thread just now something caught my attention and made me think, not an easy procedure. Time is either real or merely man's perception of the sequence of events. Is time truly part of the equasion of the universe, or a definition to explain what man perceives as events unfolding? Now I am left pondering, "If Cause and Affect were eliminated, would time also be denied existance?"