The Worldwide Delusion of the existence of "Time" (4 paragraphs no math)

By David William Jedell    Updated February 3, 2025

What this paper states is self-evident and requires no mathematics. It would only complicate. We exist in our local Space-Now point reference. The delusion of Time construct is created by our single point reference on earth. The ticks of a watch are only made by gears that are coordinated with a fraction of the earth's rotation we call a "second." It is not keeping track of "Time." It is the relation of two motions. The "speed" of these motions are not inherent in Time as a thing in and of itself, but rather, in the ratio of the distance the object travels to an arbitrary fraction of the earth's cyclical rotation as a constant (i.e., the ratio of one to 24, or an "hour").

When there is an event, like a collision of two objects in front of us, we store it in memory. When that event has moved out of our local Space-Now, and there is another event in an ordered sequence, we delude ourselves into believing that the conscious perception of the first sequentially ordered event happened in the "past," as a result of the fact that the event is no longer generating sensory impulses (i.e., you no longer see it in front of you).  However that event and its energies still continue in their effects in Space-Now that is non-local. Since our conscious mind can review the perceptions of memory and the lack of the same immediate sensory perceptions simultaneously occurring (i.e., you don't see it anymore), the mental construct is created that there is a past and a present. This is not factual but flawed. As far as the "future," the motions and coincidences in "events" (i.e., the paths of two objects colliding) have not occurred in our local Space-Now reference. The future can only be imagined, predicted or hoped for, but if the future did exist, it would be in our Space-Now.

A major obstacle to the general acceptance of the fact that Time is a mathematical convenience or tool to compare relative motions in everyday life, and not a thing in and of itself, is that languages, such as English, are pervaded with words that express Time as a thing in and of itself, such as "happened," "was," "yesterday," tomorrow," and many other expressions of past and future tenses. Calendars, clocks and appointments are other obstacles to the comprehension of Space-Now.

Instead of trying to think this out with our flawed verbal language system, try to think in a spacial way of what is actually happening. Here is a simple example of spacial comprehension of this; a thought experiment. A jet liner located on the equator takes off due west. When it reaches 35,000 feet it is traveling 1,000 mph ground speed. The pilot has only a sun dial in front of the cockpit that he can see from inside. Nobody on the plane has a clock or watch. The sun dial shadow indicates it is 3pm upon reaching 35,000 feet. The sun can be seen high above. Subsequent to the plane traveling 6,000 miles, the sun dial is in the same 3pm position and the sun hasn't moved. Its still high in the sky. The pilot and everyone on the plane think that time has stopped during the flight. They even confirm this assessment when they land and take a few minutes to walk into the airport. All the clocks on the walls and all the people's watches indicate 3:05pm. On the ground at the airport that the plane departed from, the ground crew personnel look at their watches and see that they indicate 9pm. It is also night, the stars are shining. They compare their memory of a sunny day with the present sensory input of night and no sun. They construct the delusion of time. Whereas the pilot and passengers have current sensory input of a shining sun and a sun dial that has not moved during the flight. Finally, the pilot and passengers are informed that they are moving through Now from one area of Space to another, and that they passed 6 "Time Zones." The pilot and passengers accept this explanation after some thought. But the ground crew believe that it is 9pm and that 6 hours of "Time" have passed because the hands of their watches moved and the sun set and it is night. The crew holds on to delusion like people did when the earth was flat and the earth was the center of the universe, rejecting Columbus and Copernicus on his death bed, and burning Guido at the stake for heresy.

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