Time Again

It’s been awhile since my last post … Blame it on Brent.  He gave me a copy of his new game “Galactic Civilizations” and I’ve been hooked ever since.  I think I need to spend some time at the Betty Ford Computer Game de-tox.  …

Oh Well … on to my subject.

Karin and I recently rented a completely dreadful time-travel movie … “A Sound of Thunder”.  If your spouse or roommate brings it home from the video store, …. RUN!

I bring this up only because I’m a real sucker for time travel movies  …. Not the really bad ones, but those that that try to seriously explore all the various paradoxes and problems with time travel.    …. Listen to me, I sound like I really believe time travel is even remotely possible.

BTW  … my favorite time travel movie is one that Heather and Jeff put us on to … “Primer”.  I think it’s the best ever … Karin thinks it stinks.  Too bad, I’m buying it.

This brings me to the subject of today’s little blog.  … Does time really exist?

Now I know what you’re thinking (well not really, that’s just a saying) … Has old Dad finally lost it??? … Of course time exists.

Well, let’s examine time.  …. First let’s look at the past (which is part of time).

The past is simply events which have already happened.  Since these events have already happened, the no longer exist.  …. They did at one time, but no more.  Therefore these past events can no longer impact you.  They do make up what you’ve become … have become a part of you so to speak, but the events themselves no longer exist. …They only left their imprints … and then poof, they’re gone. We can say then, that the past really doesn’t exist at all!

Next, lets look at the present  … well I’m pretty sure that the present exists .. at least I think so.

OK  .. so on to the Future!!

Does the future exist?  Well, in a word, no. Since the future is comprised of events that have not yet happened, by definition, it doesn’t exist.  It will exist.  Some of it soon and some a little later.  But the bottom line is that it definitely does not exist right now.

So there you have it.  The future doesn’t exist, but when it does wink into existence as today,  it’l be comprised largely of our actions that preceded it.

The past doesn’t exist, but actions and events from that mythical place make up today.

OK, now I’m confused  …. But that’s why I like time travel movies … I guess I’ll go see one tomorrow.  Hmmmm …