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[hops]

The thing about science is that people keep forgetting that time isn't even real

[EnigmaticHat]

The thing about science is that people keep forgetting that time isn't even real

Oh my god someone else who agrees with me on this.

[Arcvasti]

The thing about science is that people keep forgetting that time isn't even real

Oh my god someone else who agrees with me on this.

Define "Real".

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re·al1


/ˈrē(ə)l/


adjective

adjective: real; comparative adjective: realer; superlative adjective: realest

1.

actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed.

"Julius Caesar was a real person"

synonyms: actual, nonfictional, factual, real-life; More

historical;

material, physical, tangible, concrete, palpable

"is she a fictional character or a real person?"

antonyms: imaginary

•

used to emphasize the significance or seriousness of a situation or circumstance.

"there is a real danger of civil war"

•
Philosophy

relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished.

2.

(of a substance or thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine.

"the earring was presumably real gold"

synonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide; More

informalkosher, honest-to-goodness, honest-to-God

"real gold"

•

sincere, genuine, true, unfeigned, heartfelt, unaffected

"tears of real grief"

antonyms: imaginary, fake, false, feigned


•

true or actual.

"his real name is Jess"

synonyms: true, actual

"my real name"

•

(of a person or thing) rightly so called; proper.

"he's my idea of a real man"


synonyms: proper, true;

informal regular

"a real man"

3.

informal

complete; utter (used for emphasis).

"the tour turned out to be a real disaster"

synonyms: complete, utter, thorough, absolute, total, prize, perfect

"you're a real idiot"

4.

adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power.

"real incomes had fallen by 30 percent"

5.

Law

of fixed property (i.e., land and buildings), as distinct from personal property.

"he lost nearly all of his real holdings"

6.

Mathematics

(of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part.

7.

Optics

(of an image) of a kind in which the light that forms it actually passes through it; not virtual.

adverb
North American informal

adverb: real

1.

really; very.

"my head hurts real bad"

[Orange Wizard]

Gonna go with no. 4.

[hops]

Well, first thing is that the idea of time suggest that everything move in a linear fashion through it, or failing that, at least forward. But so far we haven't had any proof that everything isn't happening at once in a single instant.

So in our universe, it may be possible that Ultimecia had already won.

[Arcvasti]

* Arcvasti  waits a single instant.

Standing from here, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Honestly, Time can go where Time damn well pleases and we can't do THAT much about it.

[Baffler]

Even more fun to mull over is that if time were to theoretically reverse entirely, everywhere, nobody would notice the difference.

[KingofstarrySkies]

But, you see, it's not a straight line! It's a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey-wimey stuff!

[Orange Wizard]

I thought is was a big cube?

[tahujdt]

Anyone who quotes Doctor Who in an argument about time automatically loses.

[Euld]

Sometimes when I get really depressed or pissed off, and absolutely nothing will help me feel better, I send a friend a message and tell them they're a wonderful person and life isn't so bad.

Ya'll are beautiful people. 

[Eric Blank]

What did we do to deserve such hatred? ;-;

[KingofstarrySkies]

Anyone who quotes Doctor Who in an argument about time automatically loses.

what
did
you
just
say

[i2amroy]

Anyone who quotes Doctor Who in an argument about time automatically loses.

Really quoting things about quantum mechanics is just about as useful.

After several years of math and self-reading of articles on the topic, I know exactly enough about it to realize that if I wanted to actually understand anything that is going on there properly I would need to go get a degree in the subject. You get weird crazy things happening that can only be explained with math ideas complex enough that nobody but Math and theoretical physics majors will even know what the symbols are supposed to stand for.

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

Anyone who quotes Doctor Who in an argument about time automatically loses.

what
did
you
just
say

Doctor Who doesn't even know how sonic works. Sound doesn't equal magic.

Also, that one episode where he gets everyone on Earth to chant his name, and gets 900 years younger, vaporizes a birdcage, flys across the room in a ball of power, dissipates a laser/sonic/time magic blast thing, uses the force to pull a gun out of someone's hand, and then teleports. Because of chanting.

Doctor Who is not a valid argument.