Radio Lab: TIME


What is time? In the Radio Lab podcast the concept of time was extensively fleshed out and left me pondering--what exactly is time? The concept of how there was no standard time until 1850 and the relativity of time was really interesting to me. I actually think about time often and how it's just something that we have kind of fabricated as humans.

My visualization and concept of time is that time is simply something that exists within a vacuum for us as humans. Time exists because we exist. If there wasn't life then I don't think there is time. If there is nothing to change, grow, or develop then is there actually time? This makes me wonder if there is time outside of our little bubble of human exploration. Like is there time on Jupiter? There is time here on earth and we see Jupiter change within our earthly perception of time, but does it actually exist for us personally until we can step foot on Jupiter and create that time? None of that may make any sense, but it was something that I just kind of thought about throughout the course of the podcast.

The one other thought in the podcast that I really liked was the concept of losing time and I agree that  there is something oddly beautiful about losing time. It made me thing about how when I drive on long road trips there will be long stretches of highway where I almost zone out for several minutes. It makes no sense that I should have safely driven for five minutes without really paying attention, but there I am. Five minutes later, not remembering any of that last five minutes. I lost the time. I was somehow completely aware of everything happening around me and completely unaware at the same time.

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