Do time is an existing thing like water ?

[raphaelh42]

Hello

I struggle about this concept of time

If I understand right, time is a measure unit we created to measure/understand movements right ?

for example, this man is 50 yo, this man passed 50 earth/sun rotations...

I mean we use time because it's easier than talking using movements only.... ?

 

It took 7 seconds for me to drink this glass of water

the glass been drunk while our planet gone from point A to point B

Could we talk using movement without time ?

Do time really exist or is it a measure unit we created to explain movements ?

[swansont]

On 10/17/2022 at 12:25 AM, raphaelh42 said:

Hello

I struggle about this concept of time

If I understand right, time is a measure unit we created to measure/understand movements right ?

for example, this man is 50 yo, this man passed 50 earth/sun rotations...

I mean we use time because it's easier than talking using movements only.... ?

 

It took 7 seconds for me to drink this glass of water

the glass been drunk while our planet gone from point A to point B

Could we talk using movement without time ?

Do time really exist or is it a measure unit we created to explain movements ?

Does the distance really exist, or is it a measurement we use to explain movement?

[iNow]

On 10/16/2022 at 11:25 PM, raphaelh42 said:

Could we talk using movement without time ?

If there is no time, then what does it mean to move?

[zapatos]

On 10/16/2022 at 11:25 PM, raphaelh42 said:

I struggle about this concept of time

 

I believe that people tend to think there is something mystical to 'time' rather than simply what it purports to do.

It is simply a measurement used to sequence events, determine duration, intervals, rate of change, etc.

For some reason people get hung up on time, but have no such issues with length, amount, current, luminosity, temperature or mass. No one questions whether or not any of these are 'real', or 'made up'.

[Phi for All]

On 10/16/2022 at 10:25 PM, raphaelh42 said:

Could we talk using movement without time ?

Could you talk about movement without space? Perhaps the problem is trying to think of only one part of the spacetime continuum. Three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate can describe where and when any event happens.