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Is time real or relative?

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Relative
67% 463 votes Total: 688 votes
Real
33% 225 votes
  • 1 of 34

    by Glen R. Taylor

    Time is one of the great mysteries of science, and that is not because it is difficult to examine, like some distant star. Its elusiveness is due to its ubiquity in our lives. O...read more

  • 2 of 34

    by Dave Nocera

    Techncially we are all time travelers, sitting at your computer you are moving through time. We are submerged in time and with no effort on our part, we watch the seconds on ou...read more

  • 3 of 34

    by William Prest

    Is Time Real or Relative? TIME: WHAT IT IS AND IS NOT Our unique position in the cosmic fabric has deceived us into thinking of time in certain ways. At certain levels of ...read more

  • 4 of 34

    by J.C. Vogen

    On a clear night you may find yourself gazing upwards, admiring the beauty of all the small specks of light which are strewn across the sky. Imagine that on this night, the moon...read more

  • 5 of 34

    by Joe Murray

    The theory of relative time arose through the six classic pillars of science: a field observation, supporting verifiable measurement, explained by a relevant theory (paradigm), ...read more

  • 6 of 34

    by Dawnn Heiliger

    I think we all know that there is certainly a real element to time, as it is measurable. Whether or not our modern ways of measuring time are man made is irrelevant, for the sun...read more

  • 7 of 34

    by Gina Barr

    TIME IS RELATIVE TO REAL I am genetically geared to age and within a period of time which is relative to the environment of reality which exists commonly and also subjectively,...read more

  • 8 of 34

    by David Maloy

    I am of the notion that we live in a multiverse. The Big Bang only explains the beginning of our current universe and not whether or not it's the first. If there is more than ...read more

  • 9 of 34

    by Ian Loft

    There is a powerful but simple truth in the statement time flies when you are having fun'. This is one simple concept of relative time since it is a fact that time is a scienti...read more

  • by Katherine Hawley

    Many times I have questioned time. How many times has it evades me when I most needed it. Thus, I believe that time is relative. How can people measure time without seeing it. I...read more

  • 11 of 34

    by Daniel Silvernail

    To adress the question of time we must approach it from a perspective external to our physical reality. Our physical reality exists within defined limits of perception that are ...read more

  • 12 of 34

    by John Graham

    When I was young, time stretched on before and forty-year-olds were, I believed, on the edge of extinction. Now, as a seventy-five year old, I measure forward time in decades an...read more

  • 13 of 34

    by John Cowley

    In order to support the idea that time is relative, an epiphenomenon, something that just helps us to explain our conscious experiences; it becomes critical to differentiate bet...read more

  • 14 of 34

    by Edgar Solorio

    Is time real or relative, in my strongest opinion and judgement on this question, I truly believe time is relative. It is purely made up to organize what we perceive time to be ...read more

  • 15 of 34

    by Adam Dorado

    If time was a real then it would be a prime number in a supersetted malformation in the context of super-semmetrical preclusions. The temporal inclusion we have come to hate is...read more

  • 16 of 34

    by greyeyesgabriel

    Time is a relative concept, even biblically speaking. Let us think about this for a minute. God created the Heavens and the Earth in 7 days; however, my Bible does not have a ti...read more

  • 17 of 34

    by Reveigh Gautier

    It is difficult to make this argument longer than it needs to be, and to clutter it with an unlimited amount on information would be a waste. Like other individuals who belie...read more

  • 18 of 34

    by William Cobbs

    TIME is not only relative, it does not exist at all! TIME has been invented by man to have an orderly scheme of his day and night and other enterprises. No matter what k...read more

  • 19 of 34

    by Liz Moore

    Time is most definitely a relative concept. Think back to when you were younger. Didn't time seem to move much more slowly? The wait for the end of the school year, a birthday,...read more

  • 20 of 34

    by David Pickett

    Time. Its' purpose its' place its' life. Wait, what was that last one? Its' life? Well time can be changed and time will eventually end. At the end of time it shall be Armageddo...read more

  • 1 of 16

    by Gary C. Gibson

    Time really seems to be relative, and relatively real. Time is considered to be unified with space in the modern context, and hence is called space-time. One may as well ask if ...read more

  • 2 of 16

    by Steven Garrett

    All of Reality as we perceive it is Relative Awareness. Ambiguous Time, one of the three [essential] prerequisites of our perception, is no exception; it is Concrete & Ab...read more

  • 3 of 16

    by Irrira Rikki

    UNDER THE SUN Time is a runaway train... Here today and gone tomorrow. Somebody else's all over this planet in what they fit into that space in their world. Go west and you go b...read more

  • 4 of 16

    by Brian Hurren

    Time, time has come to pass. Time.The so called fourth dimension. I think that time, as we experience it, is actually an illusion. It is some kind of quantum effect caused by so...read more

  • 5 of 16

    by Rex Coker

    The existence of all mankind has evolved through the first words of the book of Genesis,"In the beginning"! God started the measurement of time and on the first day he created t...read more

  • 6 of 16

    by Robert D. Twitchell

    Does time exist without a clock? The question of whether time exists in a real or relative sense is more of a philosophical exercise than scientific and must be considered on...read more

  • 7 of 16

    by Stephen Carman

    Carl Sagan once described time in terms of shapes of two dimensional objects. One was a triangle the other a rectangle and still another a circle (for example). He gave life to ...read more

  • by Roxanne Dubarry

    In the very beginning of time itself: God created the heavens and the earth in actually six twenty-four hour days. He also established Saturday, the Sabbath day to be a day of r...read more

  • 9 of 16

    by Doc Meson

    Time is definitely real, only our experience of time is subjective. We can observe this by focusing on how we perceive time - distinguishing two events. We use all our senses...read more

  • 10 of 16

    by T.C Leonard

    As sure as 7:30 comes to ruin every morning of my existence, time is a very real part of our world and universe. We may lead haphazard lives, but take a look at everything else...read more

  • by 2011 AD

    The so called Christians can't or are afraid to explain creation even though it is all laid out in the Bible. First off I will back track somewhat. Every culture has been ab...read more

  • 12 of 16

    by Mac Mcleod

    My definition of time is that it was created to measure change. When you think about time, what is it really, it is not a thing, it is a measuring devise. The most accurate cha...read more

  • 13 of 16

    by Maria Rodriguez

    I believe time is real I mean,we do so much during the day and time just goes by like you can never imagine, but if you notice once you come across your schedule and you plan yo...read more

  • 14 of 16

    by AMERICAN MAN

    ~=THE MAGICAL 'E'=~ E = MC2 encapsulates time - in transit; but an 'event' - that is real: Start I...'-events-'...I finish although many events occur, the transition of thei...read more

  • 15 of 16

    by Emo Roxas333

    I think of time as a real thing that effects everyone, everything, and of course all ideas. Time can be measured and is a variable in many things such as living organisms, ide...read more

  • 16 of 16

    by Aparna Guru

    Time is the most inquisitive thing to be analyzed. Time and space are interrelated. They can not be studied alone. Wherever there is space or a place, there is a time. The fact ...read more

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