Why ‘Time doesn’t Exist’ is Illogical

People claiming time doesn’t exist is ludicrous. Some say it’s because we made up the measurements; others say it’s because time is an abstract concept.

 

Humans made up the measurements for time and, if the measurements are made up, the thing they measure must be, too.

Humans did the same thing with weights and distances yet nobody claims they don’t exist. The change of weight and distance is as easy to perceive as the change of time.

So why view time any differently?

 

Some say that because time is an abstract concept, it isn’t real.

Sure, time is an abstract concept (especially when factoring in the past, present and future). But claiming this makes it made up is ridiculous. Love is an abstract concept but no-one claims it’s made up. Abstract things are experienced as much as physical things.

Abstract things manifest in physical, observable ways. Love affects the body profoundly, such as increasing the heart rate, endorphins, and encourages behavioural change. Time is seen by the fact that nothing stays the same: the past is pre-change and the future is post-change.

So time isn’t solely within the real of the abstract, meaning if abstract concepts were just ‘made up’, time would be immune to the ‘it’s abstract so it’s made up’ argument.

 

A second is a measurement based on scientific observation. In other words, this means a second is based on something that physically happens. A second, and thus time, is based on what is certainly real. So saying ‘time doesn’t exist’ has no basis in existing facts.