
One counter-argument is that we project the most dominant human invention, the computer, on time, and other objects like the brain. To me, it would explain why an olive tree seed cannot grow in an apple tree the inescapable programming of biology and physics. A highly advanced quantum computer in this universe manifests matter, time, and space with additional functions like gravity and electricity. I wonder if every decision is that impactful.Īnother ideology comes from the Marvel Universe, where every superhero has a different version of earth in the multiverse.Ĭan you imagine that every possible version of you exists somewhere? The number of absurdist realities, for example, where humanoid pineapples became the dominant species on earth, would be off the charts.Īnother take is simulation theory popularised in The Matrix franchise. In Hollywood movies, time is portrayed as a river, which breaches in multiple timelines depending on the characters’ decisions. If you use a time machine and return to the past to kill your grandfather, do you cease to exist or did you create a new timeline? - the grandfather paradox In this essay, I will philosophize on the concept of time. My relationship with time has developed through my continuous curiosity, taking concepts from metaphysics, neuroscience, psychology, and spirituality. If humanity seems to move forward through time, what causes that movement?Īlthough Einstein and other physicists have contributed many functional theories about the expression of time, time dilation, the doppler effect, etc., we can only speculate how time manifests beyond the human-centered causal experience.
