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Time does not exist. It is simply an abstraction to describe the relative movement of matter. Every way we measure "time" involves the movement of matter: sun dial, pendulum, spring & gears in a mechanical watch, vibrations of electrons in an electronic watch.

When you say that an hour has elapsed, it simply means the earth has rotated 15°. When you go 60 mph, you have moved 60 miles while the earth has rotated 15°.

The past is the way things were before they moved. Our memory is an image of the way things were arranged before. Time is a creation of the mind.

If there were no matter, there would be no time.

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Matter does not exist. It is simply an abstraction to describe the relative progress of time. Every way we measure "matter" involves the progress of time: microscope, telescope, ruler, calipers, vibrations of photons hitting the eye.

When you say that the earth has rotated 15°, it simply means an hour has elapsed. When you move 60 miles while the earth rotates 15°, you have gone 60 mph.

The past is the way things were before they moved. Our memory is an image of the way things were arranged before. Matter is a creation of the mind.

If there were no time, there would be no matter.

(sorry)

EARTH HAS 4 CORNER SIMULTANEOUS 4-DAY TIME CUBE WITHIN SINGLE ROTATION. 4 CORNER DAYS PROVES 1 DAY 1 GOD IS TAUGHT EVIL. IGNORANCE OF TIMECUBE4 SIMPLE MATH IS RETARDATION AND EVIL EDUCATION DAMNATION. CUBELESS AMERICANS DESERVE - AND SHALL BE EXTERMINATED.

(sorry not sorry.)

I think you're on to something! You should create a website about it

I'd recommend Rovelli's The Order of Time for a good, non-specialist introduction to the concept of time. A friend of mine lent it to me and I learnt so many things reading it.

If time is a creation of the mind why can't we reverse it? :)

Can you reverse a thought?

Thought a reverse you can.

How would you define "movement" without reference to "time"?

Movement is an abstraction that connects discrete events.

But can you rigorously define "event" without time?

Better than "event" would be "state", as in theoretically measurable arrangement of things.

Movement is simply matter going from point A to B. "Fast" or "slow" means, how far did our reference object (ex. Earth) move relative to the movement of another object.

Do electrons get stale? I'd wager that, since space expands everywhere in all directions, they do get stretched out over time, or something.

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