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ancianita

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2. Isn't Time just a human made measure of change in organic & inorganic matter?

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:46 AM

20 hrs ago

In that sense, humans conceived the reality of all matter falling apart. Only infusion of energy (eg the sand castle) slows but never ends entropy. Only spirit is timeless, since it is not matter.

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Brian Cox explains why time travels in one direction - BBC (2 videos) [View all] BootinUp 21 hrs ago OP

thanks for the Sunday morning brain stretcher rurallib 21 hrs ago #1

Isn't Time just a human made measure of change in organic & inorganic matter? ancianita 20 hrs ago #2

The nature of time is not a settled scientific concept BootinUp 20 hrs ago #3

Thanks. Cox is always interesting. ancianita 16 hrs ago #4

I enjoy your (human) persective on this. What would a non-human sentient organism think? erronis 13 hrs ago #5

Another interesting watch. Please keep them up! erronis 13 hrs ago #6