Could time have a beginning without an end?
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You've confused time beginnings endings with space being finite or infinite.Richard---Hi. I am new to philosophy so please be patient. It is easier to understand infinity than to understand something starting from nothing, and then returning to nothing. The word finite almost means the process of returning to infinity. Infinity is the place (apparently) where all matter comes from. Can you have one without the other?
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Time is to etenrity,
as space is to infinity.
Go back and read my cosmic hieararchy lists/outlines in this thread if not others and you will then have the most comprehensive whole set. From there we have left out no parts of existence to be considered.
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Richard wrote:Time and infinity are so similar as to not argue about. Both are not physical and both will go on forever. There are always more parts to be considered unless we believe we know the answers already.
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It all comes down to humans and their perspectives of the universe.
Life and the liver are one in the same; they cannot be seperated.
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Saw038---This is simply limited to our human conception of time. There could very well be a beginning without an end, but this is simply a human construct.
Yeah, human construct as in people can say anything, irrespective of whether what they say is true.
There never exists a beginning of occupied space Universe without end. That type of thinking stems from Big Bang scenarios.
There exists two kinds of time:Time is a human construct; therefore, so is a beginning and an end.
1} physical/energy { fermions and bosons } ergo observed time aka sine-wave frequency ^v^v
2} temporal time i.e. mental construct via consciousness time lags between begining and ending moments.
It is neither up or down. Universe has no up or down directions. I think what you mean, our perspective begins with our I-verse.It all comes down to humans and their perspectives of the universe.
How this is relevant to any of above or topic I dunno. True the liver is biological life, however, to be technically correct, once the finite { in space and time} biological body dies, the life of the liver by itself is related to the preservation of the cells within it, and that is usually done by refrigeration, ergo a retarding of the bacteria decay of the liver tissue. imhoLife and the liver are one in the same; they cannot be seperated.
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Could time be both radial and linear? Like light emitted from a single point in all directions.
With the characteristics of both wave and particle.
The present being representative of the photon (or visa versa)
Much like pi. We know the first number, but is there a last?
It has some sort of anchored coordinate, but we can't ever seem to reach it.
The number "1" may be the first positive whole number on a scale of endless positive and negative numbers, but there is no "first" number or last number, only an endless invention of digits stretching out in both directions. Both numbers and time are human concepts which do not otherwise exist. Take all humans off the planet, and the deer in the forest functions very well without a watch or calendar.
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Animals have a sense of time. They have their internal watches/calendars, which tell them, for example, the time of day when a predator is less likely to be prowling around a watering hole, when autumn is waning and they should move on to a warmer clime, etc.Both numbers and time are human concepts which do not otherwise exist. Take all humans off the planet, and the deer in the forest functions very well without a watch or calendar.
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Yes, the concerns of other species tend to be much more immediate than those of humans, both temporally and spatially. However, the attributes that have bloomed in humans are seen to a lessor degree in other species, certainly in social predators that look to a future when the prey is down and they are eating.Present awareness wrote:I don't believe animals have a sense of time, I believe they live in the now, responding to the situation, as the situation arises.
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Animal behaviour studies say otherwise. What's your opinion based on, a vague impression?However, time does not exist in nature, only in the human mind.
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