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Is time an opinion or a man made concept, or is it a fact based on time zones/orbital placement?
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if i had to say though, i'd say subjective. i read somewhere that insects experience time more slowly than humans, and honestly our time is also subjective. like math class feels overwhelmingly long, but the day we have a test, it feels like the shortest thing ever
totally did not join this group only after seeing this on my homepage loli think time is inherently subjective. as sai said, things often feel faster or slower based on how mentally stimulated we are (less when you're getting a math lecture, more when you have to focus on a test), and that's different for every person. without any common standard of time, everyone's definition of a minute is a little different from everyone else's. we all experience the world differently, and time is part of that
this next part is based on three am thoughts, NOT actual researched information, but why would we have a defined common standard for time anyway if we all felt it the same way? why would anyone have ever felt the need to create one if everybody was already on the same clock? they wouldn't have, so time really just has to be inherently subjective
If you want to approach this more scientifically, regarding physics, then yes time is subjective. This is simply because time passes at different rates depending on the speed you are travelling at. For example, Scott Kelly, an Astronaught, was 6 seconds younger than his twin brother. After being in space travelling at high speeds, the age gap is now 6 seconds and 5 millieseconds. This is because of time dilation.
Basically, each person experiences time differently based on their reference frame.
Some days, when I'm getting ready to go somewhere, time seems to pass more slowly, giving me more time to get ready. Other days, time seems to speed by and I have to rush to keep up. I guess that's due to something in my brain, but I haven't been able to determine why I experience time moving slowly some days and not others. I'm always thankful on the days when I seem to have more time to prepare for the day.
Time has both subjective and objective aspects. Physically, time can be measured objectively by clocks, atomic oscillations, orbital periods and other regular processes, which is why physicists define the second in terms of a fixed number of vibrations of a cesium atom. In this sense, time continues to “move” regardless of whether anyone notices it. At the same time, psychological research shows that our perception of time is highly subjective. Experiments demonstrate that when people are bored or anxious, they feel time dragging, and when they are absorbed in a task, time seems to pass quickly. Cultures also differ in how they schedule and value time, which further shows its subjective dimension. In everyday life we rarely think about time as it flows, but the moment we plan, schedule or measure, we turn our personal experience into an objective framework. So time exists independently of us in a measurable way, but our awareness and use of it are inevitably shaped by subjective perception.
it all depends on what frame of reference you are in!! for most of us time will be a constant, since i don't think any of us will be traveling fast enough or next to high enough gravity to effect time significantly. but when an object is under a lot of gravity or going at near light speed time slows down for it! so subjective!!
I think the concept of time and the "action" of time (passing through it) has always objectively existed, outside of being measured. The concept of measured time is subjective, created by humans for their own use. That's why things like time zones and daylight saving time exists.
For example, if you looked at Earth when it was first formed compared to Earth now, objectively, changes have been made and time has passed, whether measured or not.
Their are plenty of time related phenomenon that can be measured, but don't necesarilly need to be measured.
The setting of the sun and its rising. Time passed between those (or they passed through time depending on your personal perception of time).
Am I making any sense here.
Like the concepts of "fast", "slow", "wait", etc. all exist outside of just people and Earth. While a lot of what we consider fast and slow and what feels like waiting is heavilly influenced by the fact that we created our own perception of time, some things do happen faster (ex. light travelling) than other things (ex. star burning).
What I'm trying to say is our perception of time is subjective but time in itself is objective.
that's fair but if/when humanity expands and we are in places where time is not the same, how would we measure it???
So the passing or "passing through" time is constant no matter where you are (objective) but the way we measure/perceive time is likely different than how its measured/perceived in other places. I'd assume we'd either choose one or the other or even potentially However this also raises the question of how do we perceive and determine and measure time when its warped?
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Time is real. People measure it, but we do not control if it happens. It's not fake, it's not made up, it's a real thing that influences our lives.
would timezones make it objective or subjective
