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How we think about time: Philosophical and practical implications 19 Articles

  • 1 of 19

    by Ray Burke

    An Archaeologist's thoughts on Time: An Archaeologist has to view time in both philosophical and practical terms. Time plays a major role in helping archaeologists explain the contexts of archaeological finds. The use o...read more

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    by Jason Lusk

    Time is the one gift all creatures share, yet it's often the one thing we need most but don't have. It is as endless as the universe, but we have only one small glimpse of it. That is the type of thinking that goes alon...read more

  • 3 of 19

    by Jon Dainty Sr.

    Can I Speed Up Everything I Do? Through the ages, people have searched for better-that is, faster and more efficient-ways to do whatever tasks they did. They looked for methods that allowed the length of time engaged in...read more

  • 4 of 19

    by Tony Wheeler

    It's approaching the time of year where my days were filled with backyard baseball games, bicycle riding, a visit from the ice cream man in the late afternoon and hide-and-seek or a game of tag at night before the flashing...read more

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    by Laura Emerson

    The concept of time was created for our minds to measure spatial distance. And what power our ego minds give to timeas if we are helpless creatures being propelled forward on a conveyor belt controlled by the "Great Wizar...read more

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    by Misty Cutter

    Remember back as a child, when our moms would try and make us eat our asparagus and we fought to the bitter end not to? We hated most everything that was green, when it was on our dinner plates. So mom would add another co...read more

  • 7 of 19

    by Gary Davis

    Time is a funny commodity which few appreciate until it's too late. We all start with a "bank" of time when we're born. The problem is, we don't know how much time is in that bank. It is an unfair but true that some of us ...read more

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    by Jobie Weetaluktuk

    Time. There is a great piece in the biblical Ecclesiastes that ponders time. It says there is "a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace." There is time for a lot more. There is time to thi...read more

  • 9 of 19

    by Penny Sky

    Time can be so complicated can't it? It's measured in efforts, and perhaps success or lack of it. Can we be so sure that time spent for one maybe wasted by others? Our self worth gauges part of this phenomenon. Time ch...read more

  • 10 of 19

    by James O'Hara

    Living in this life we have the moment trapped in time Every single moment comes But how it comes we're blind The moment that just passed us by Is just a memory The moment that is coming soon A complete mystery Our...read more

  • 11 of 19

    by Kevin Zarbock

    Time, time where does it all go? Time, time yesterday, it seems like not so long ago. For yesterday I was but a mirror boy with the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of life all but laid out before me. Life seemed filled wit...read more

  • 12 of 19

    by Ash Malhotra

    In layman's practical perspective, time is just a meter to calculate age, deciding the time for lunch, dinner, sleep etc. Most people feel that time is an unlimited commodity and therefore has no value. However, some indiv...read more

  • 13 of 19

    by Shannon Eshnaur

    Does time exist? Is it a real thing or is it a mathematical comfort zone made up by the human species? Certainly we could do with out it, or could we? Let me re-phrase the question; would our lives be that much different i...read more

  • 14 of 19

    by Magdalena Willow

    "Time is on my side, yes it is!" Almost everyone that has stepped foot into my home gets flustered because they can't see a clock anywhere. "Throw that time right out the window!" Watch the time fly! I hate having a ti...read more

  • 15 of 19

    by Matei Monica

    To Remember. The first point that I would to rise, is that many countries have TV channels or radio stations. Secondly, I am amazed at the poor footage about many aspects that happend in the real world. They are not bro...read more

  • 16 of 19

    by Thomas Allen Bateham

    Time is one of those things people want to control though they have no power over it. Time is never ending and it never stops. Time is endless pass us by with each second that slips away. Time seems to fly away when we are...read more

  • 17 of 19

    by John Decker

    There really is no such thing as time. There is only the eternal, absolute NOW. Time is an illusion, a construct invented by humans to document change. Change is the only constant in the Universe. The universe is in...read more

  • 18 of 19

    by Angus Macdonald

    We quantize time, to us it exists as specific segments. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades. We even count centuries and millennia although only rarely does a person experience the first and if s...read more

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    by Justin Morphett

    were to start ok i got a Frey on the alphabet into star light buy yousing the planet's and the Calendar stars its a good fiery i hope you look = ok you got to draw a circle 14 times in side one other ok you draw a cross in...read more

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