As soon as I started reading this chapter I realized it was going to be interesting. It is very interesting because it talks about the time and how does it happens. It is very weird that in our class with twenty something students, we couldn’t come up with a definition for time. The nearest we got to the definition is that time means a measure of moments. It is true but at the same time is not a complete definition for this easy and very common word. The book gives us an example of the turtle and Achilles. I don’t know where did Zeno got this idea from but it is true. It explains that if the turtle starts first Achilles would never be able to catch up with the turtle. For example, I am Alejandro and I born in May 20th, 1991, Mario who was born in May 22nd 1991 will never be able to catch up those two days. As long as we both live, I will be older than him two days. Even though he is better or he is faster or whatever there is no way that he can reach me. There is also a very important statement that it was very weird for me. The book tells us that there is no past or future there is only one tense and it is the present. It might be three tenses but instead of being past present future they would be present of the past things, present of the present things, and present of the future things. This is very weird but if you think a little bit about it, it can be considered to be true. These are just because we can only live in the present and have memories and see what’s coming but we can only habit in the present.
Hello Alejandro! great blog again! I really like reading your blogs, just as you I also thought this chapter was going to be interesting as soon as I read the title. I agree with you with the fact that what makes it interesting is that it talks about time and how does it happens. As you said time is a very hard word to define and I can prove it because in the class nobody could give a definition for time. It was a pleasure reading your blogs.
ResponderEliminarAlejandro I like a lot what you wrote in your blog and i find i very interesting, i agree with you that what we came up as a definition of time it is not enough and don't really tell us a real definition.
ResponderEliminarThe example you said its very wired but with your example about you and mario made it easier to understand but it is even kind of confusing, but you really help me. I really like how you write this.
Hey ale, I like what you right about it in your blog. I like to talk about two things this time, the first one is about our definition of time. We can’t define because maybe we have not really experience what is time. The other thing that I will like to put an emphasis was where you say that we could never be able to catch a time period that we are back of some one, the experience and time on that thing It will be always more than you.
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