David
You said
Gradually, into modern times, though, it has become ever more
precise and absolute, externalized from consciousness -- and
the concept of flow is lately being replaced by implications of
terminal granularity, of time as minuscule discontinuous quanta
rather than an uninterrupted stream.
This is something I have been thinking about for the past few years. I didn't realize that others have had the same thoughts. I have tried to construct various experiments to see if this is indeed the case, but every experiment so far requires a particle accelerator the size of the moon. Not quite cost effective. However if time is indeed not continuous, then time travel should be possible. Well, time travel to the past anyway, because time travel to the future is already been shown to work on a constant basis.
I also agree that we do not understand or even know all of the principle rules of the universe, so most likely time really has no endpoint. If that is the case, then hopefully our universe will stop expanding and contract so as to do it all again. I may not see it all happen, but at least there won't be some cold universe left with a few empty and lifeless rocks speeding away into eternity.
To me time does exist in more ways than we have figured out yet. I believe that Gravity has a great deal to do with time. THe fact that there is a concrete speed limit in the universe shows to me that time does exist. I don't think we have yet figured out that true speed limit because I think we are missing some data that we cannot see, hear feel. or comprhend at this point of our evolution. Maybe in time (lol) we will.
Ron



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