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Does Time Exist?

Define Time. Does it exist and why.

Discuss.

Define Time. Does it exist and why. Discuss.

Yes everyone discuses

Yes everyone discuses

"Time was invented by clock companies to sell clocks"

"Time was invented by clock companies to sell clocks"

Time could be the measurement of the change between physical objects.

Time could be the measurement of the change between physical objects.

If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds?

If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds?

@qpalzm123456 said ^

If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds?

Would an accelerating or decelerating object, such as a car, not exist for similar reasons?

@qpalzm123456 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/PZsqdP7S) > If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds? Would an accelerating or decelerating object, such as a car, not exist for similar reasons?

I think time (better defined Space time) is just the way we percebe the world and time and all things related to it (ex: speed) don’t exist

I think time (better defined Space time) is just the way we percebe the world and time and all things related to it (ex: speed) don’t exist

@qpalzm123456 said ^

If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds?

@OatKnight said ^

If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds?

Would an accelerating or decelerating object, such as a car, not exist for similar reasons?

speed equals distance divided by time

@qpalzm123456 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/PZsqdP7S) > If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds? @OatKnight said [^](/forum/redirect/post/bxtiJA0i) > > If time can seem to accelerate or slow down depending on our mood or what we're doing or even our age, can we really say it exists outside our own minds? > > Would an accelerating or decelerating object, such as a car, not exist for similar reasons? speed equals distance divided by time

Time exists. End of story.

Time exists. End of story.