It feels real, always there, inexorably moving forward. Time has flow, runs like a river. Time has direction, always advances. Time has order, one thing after another.

Time has duration, a quantifiable period between events. Time has a privileged present, only now is real. Time seems to be the universal background through which all events proceed, such that order can be sequenced and durations measured.

The question is whether these features are actual realities of the physical world or artificial constructs of human mentality. Time may not be what time seems — this smooth unity without parts, the ever-existing stage on which all happenings happen.

To appreciate time is to feel the fabric of reality. The three basic properties of time come not from the physical world but from our mental states: A present moment that is special; some kind of flow or passage; and an absolute direction.

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HugeElephant:
It feels real, always there, inexorably moving forward. Time has flow, runs like a river. Time has direction, always advances. Time has order, one thing after another.

Time has duration, a quantifiable period between events. Time has a privileged present, only now is real. Time seems to be the universal background through which all events proceed, such that order can be sequenced and durations measured.

The question is whether these features are actual realities of the physical world or artificial constructs of human mentality. Time may not be what time seems — this smooth unity without parts, the ever-existing stage on which all happenings happen.

To appreciate time is to feel the fabric of reality. The three basic properties of time come not from the physical world but from our mental states: A present moment that is special; some kind of flow or passage; and an absolute direction.

Except not even your mind will escape the effects of time nor can your mental state in any way affect the progress of time.

So instead of fighting the river current why not use its strength.

LordReed:


Except not even your mind will escape the effects of time nor can your mental state in any way affect the progress of time.

So instead of fighting the river current why not use its strength.

What the contemporary lay man considers as time in the shift between night and day right. Now think about it, wall clock or timers are just designed to monitor periods and infact not actually time itself

Understanding that time is an illusion will help in solving the movement from one period to another. Time may actually not be what the contemporary world thinks it is

HugeElephant:

What the contemporary lay man considers as time in the shift between night and day right. Now think about it, wall clock or timers are just designed to monitor periods and infact not actually time itself

Understanding that time is an illusion will help in solving the movement from one period to another. Time may actually not be what the contemporary world thinks it is

Whatever it is, as far as we know, you cannot use your mind to affect it. So instead of making up some fantastical tale, use time as it is.

LordReed:


Whatever it is, as far as we know, you cannot use your mind to affect it. So instead of making up some fantastical tale, use time as it is.

Check out Elon Musk neural link design

HugeElephant:


Check out Elon Musk neural link design

What has that got to do with the nature of time?