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> There is no such thing as time [...] Time is [something that exists.] Why even bother with this whole pointless facade? Just because you have a preferred mod
by Retra 10y ago
> There is no such thing as time [...] Time is [something that exists.]
Why even bother with this whole pointless facade? Just because you have a preferred model of time doesn't mean it doesn't exist. All things that are said to exist do so as models.
You're saying "time is fake, it's just labels" like somehow everything else in the universe isn't also just labels and just as real. Things are what they are. You find a useful way to talk about them. You don't spend your time laboring over meticulously irrelevant descriptions, ironically putting down 'mere labels' as though your whole argument here isn't just a grand exercise in label worship.
One could fairly trivially write a faithful version of your post on literally any subject. "Position doesn't exist, it's merely a manifestation of the relative relations between subsets of human experiences!" "Your HN post doesn't exist, it's merely electronic patterns in a transient configuration!"