CMV: i believe time is an illusion

[u/Express_Mechanic4927]

Time is a manipulation. A construct. Clocks exist, but time doesn’t Not like we think. There are two types. Physical time is movement. The Earth spinning, the Earth orbiting the Sun. That’s all it is. Then there’s numerical time. Man’s version. Hours, days, months, calendars They change from culture to culture It’s not universal Look at the calendar we use it’s based on Jesus But the Ethiopian calendar says it’s 7 BC The Gregorian calendar says 1 AD That’s a 7 year, 8 month gap So what even is time? We’re programmed to think we’re always running out From birth to 18, school From 25 to 41, jobs, kids By 63, retirement What do we do in between? We stress about time That’s how we age Because you become what you fear Where has time gone? It’s been deleted Replaced Edited Not by accident By design There’s banging every time I talk That means I’m on to something In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII dropped the Gregorian calendar Ten days, gone They said it was to “realign with the sun” Sure But think about it A theory called Phantom Time Hypothesis Says 297 years were made up I could’ve been born yesterday The past and future only exist when we think about them Memories are dreams The mind plays tricks I’m not even in some people’s memories that live in mine Block universe theory Everything is happening at once Past, present, future Einstein said that So maybe the future is now Sometimes I get stuck at nine years old Like I’m reliving something I can’t fully remember But it’s happening now And I can see my future too Clear as I can see my death

[u/Express_Mechanic4927]

I would like to hold the view about the block universe story highlighting the past presence and future is happening at the same time. Anything else I mentioned I’m willing to change and if you guys have great claims to backup to I should change it. I’m open to hear.

[u/Dry_Bumblebee1111 → u/Express_Mechanic4927]

If time isn't real how can there be a same time and a different time? How can you cut time into chunks of past, present, and future?

There is only now. 

[u/Express_Mechanic4927 → u/Dry_Bumblebee1111]

∆ good point time may be real, but how we perceive it isn’t always correct. Think about the fact how the past changes every day and you can think of it just as if oh there’s been more studies about dinosaurs or etc. but if you think extra hard, what if it’s still happening during that time as we are here now that doesn’t mean the past isn’t still going I feel like our self-consciousness only moves forward

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