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> time is a basic feature of existence, while on some most basic level it's not I've come to two conclusions, only one of which is correct: 1. We are in a con
by caeril 5y ago
> time is a basic feature of existence, while on some most basic level it's not
I've come to two conclusions, only one of which is correct:
1. We are in a continuous universe, and time is a human construct. The only thing that actually exists is force interaction and momentum/velocity. Time is merely an emergent property of these things, and one that we use to measure, as humans. God may or may not exist.
2. We are in a discrete simulation, and time, specifically the Planck Time, is derived from the clock frequency of the computing substrate. God exists, or some form of god, because a simulation implies the existence of a Simulator.
Currently leaning to option 2, but who knows?
- WithinReason 5y agoIn both of your described scenarios time would still exist (because cause and effect would still exist), they are just different abstractions. When I say "time doesn't exist outside our universe" I don't mean it's an illusion, or that it's something else that we think. I mean it literally. On some most basic level outside our universe there's nothing that could be construed as time, so there's no cause end effect.
- throw0101a 5y ago> The only thing that actually exists is force interaction and momentum/velocity. Why do those things exists at all? And not 'why did they start in the first place', but rather why don't they stop existing? What causes them to keep going? > God exists, or some form of god, because a simulation implies the existence of a Simulator. That doesn't answer anything, it just moves it to another layer of the stack: what is running the simulation?