Time Does Not Exist

The other week there was this Big Mathematician on TV. He had a book published… no, not written for other Mathematicians, but one of those popular books meant to impress ordinary people. What caught my attention was that he was talking of the impossibilities of Artificial Intelligence, that “even cockroaches are smarter than robots”. Duh. For a phrase like that to mean what he intended it to mean, then it would have to be some kind of acknowledged truth that cockroaches are really very stupid. But they aren’t. Cockroaches are smart little devils. It would actually be a quite a complement to Artificial Intelligence if it were as smart as cockroaches.

So, already I was wondering about that guy.

He went on to say that Artificial Intelligence has trouble learning new skills, and that robots can only do what they are programmed to do. Again, I was dumbfounded. Even primitive programs have “If – Then” command structures. With “If – Then” structures running then the Program will run differently depending upon input data, that is, how it will go a new direction every time another “IF” gets triggered. So already at relatively low levels of programming we have computer programs operating independently from their Programmer, being data dependent. Again, I was wondering about this guy.

Then the TV interviewer asked the Author about Time Travel. “Oh, yeah, sure… it is only a matter of Time”… or some such statement. This guy was talking about repositioning in Time. Going back in Time. Going forward in Time… that is, faster than everybody else.

That was it. We had a certifiable Idiot!

There are things that every Philosopher Intellectual knows, but which most Mathematicians, in their Mathematician Caves, hide from, and that is that Absolutes do not exist. Why? Well, Absolutes are merely mathematical constructs – Imaginary Qualities. Take Infinity for instance. Mathematicians say that ‘Parallel Lines’ are defined as lines that meet in Infinity, that is, lines that never meet. They should just say ‘never’. By saying ‘Infinity’ they fool themselves into thinking there really is an Infinity out there. There isn’t. They made it up to illustrate a point. An imaginary point.

It’s the same for Eternity. Just because you can imagine it, or chart it, does not mean that it is really out there somewhere.

The same goes for Time. You see, time is just an imaginary thing we use to measure or perceive rate of motion. Something moves 10 meters per second, and so in ten seconds it moves 100 meters. That’s Time for you. It’s a function of Speed and Space. If nothing moved and if there were no Distance, then we would not need Time as a chartable axis.

So how could anybody possibly think Time had any independent existence subject to manipulation and transferal? Well, Mathematicians thinking mathematically. They chart Time so often that they fool themselves into thinking it is real. Infinity. Eternity. Time. Yes, they are all nouns and so they must exist. They whip up a new Chart, adding a Fifth or even Sixth Dimension, and because the Left Side of the Board equals the Right Side of the Board, they suppose it must all be Real. But, really, its just a Chart.

Drawing a Purple Unicorn does not mean Purple Unicorns are real. Charting Time does not make Time real either.

So, really, what we have is Now. Now is something we can be sure of. Yes, things move. Mental activity moves. We moved from a moment ago. We move into the next moment. The motion was real, but that Concept we used to chart the Rate of Motion – Time … well that is only a Heading on a Graph.

Oh, while I was able to thoroughly dismiss that Mathematician as a Complete Idiot… just imagine what I thought of the REALLY Stupid Media Interviewer.

Where do they find people stupid enough to be Journalists. Is there a Test they have to take and they can only be a Journalist if they FLUNK?