TIME: it was 'invented' less than 6,000 years prior! What Else?

 

The above video reveals the history of clock time. It all started (most likely) with our first civilization, the Sumerians. Motion is a concept which we derive from movement of our planet (in Space). Motion leads to our invention of TIME. Motion is part of our material world but TIME is part of human imagination. The concept of past, present, and future were derived from this concept called TIME.

In reality, however, TIME is not a 'thing' from nature but a concept of the human mind/consciousness. This means that TIME is 'invented'. We all live in the NOW continually, but we create regularity/order by this concept called clock time. In reality, the PAST is part of our NOW memory system. This also goes for the FUTURE. Our educators like to suggest that mankind evolved from Apes and that Macro Evolution is a reality. But this is actually a MYTH.

There is no Macro Evolution (in the NOW). Look all around yourself and notice that there is no Ape to Man Evolution (in the NOW). There is no Fish to Bird evolution. The concept of Macro Evolution is based upon the idea that TIME (the Past) is real. In reality, the Past is a function of my MEMORY and my memory is always a function of living in the NOW. I cannot live in the Past as this is impossible. I live in the NOW continually. From birth to death I live my life in the NOW. I assume that YOU do likewise.

If our history is based upon our 'invented' TIME, then this history must have started with our first humans (say the Sumerians). Our Sumerian relatives probably 'invented' this idea we call clock time. It was done to create an environment of regularity and order for their agricultural lifestyle. Today, we live some 6,000 years from this starting period. If TIME was 'invented' then our history starts with an intelligent man. I propose that this happened during the life period of the Sumerians.

Our educators like us to imagine millions and billions of history which none of us can experience. But if TIME was 'invented' only some 6,000 years prior, then all this imagination of our educators is fallacious and fantasy. When I listen to an educator like Richard Dawkins, I can tell that he views TIME as real and independent of human imagination. He then assumes millions of years of Macro Evolution as real and factual. If he were to abandon his fallacious concept of TIME, I think that Richard Dawkins would also abandon his ideas of Macro Evolution. A revolution in thinking could emerge if most people adopted the concept of NOW (as reality)!

Life, for me, is lived in the NOW (from birth to death). If this is valid thinking then all this Macro Evolution is pure fantasy and myth. Is it time to rethink our history and then abandon all these fallacious ideas which our educators present as FACT? Since I live my life in the NOW always, I have adopted a philosophy and a worldview which is based on these realities. Think on this idea of TIME. Was it 'invented' merely a few thousand years prior? Is TIME a concept of the human consciousness? Is clock time merely a tool for creating regularity and order? If so, then we need to rethink this idea of Macro Evolution!

This video gives a possible overview of our first Civilization. The presenter obviously does not adopt my view that TIME is invented, but he does provide some history of time that seems valid. Keep in mind that all history is subjective and different experts will present different viewpoints. 

Give this (the idea of TIME) some thought at your leisure. I am: Donald B. Swenson, Economist/Philosopher, http://kingdomecon.wordpress.com.