TIME by Edu Mercuri - May 2025

TIME ?

The universe exhibits events, chapters, and cycles across all scales .

In my conceptualization : an event invariably initiates a chapter . A chapter may persist indefinitely or evolve into a cycle. Furthermore, a chapter can encompass nested events, chapters, and cycles within itself .

This structure embodies a fractal pattern, inherent to the universe . And that such patterns have always been integral to the cosmos .

When pre-humans emerged in the universe millions of years ago, they observed these cycles on Earth . Their observations were initially confined to terrestrial scales and, later, extended to cosmic scales through astronomical scrutiny . They comprehended these cycles partially as sequences of events and chapters .

Through heightened awareness and consciousness of these patterns, humans linked cycles to specific situations, thereby forming memorable moments in their cognitive framework .

Memory became an essential component of natural learning processes, serving as the primary mechanism for survival .

To ensure survival, they required sustained environmental awareness and attunement to cycles . They structured their existence around these cycles, leveraging them adaptively . As awareness deepened, so did the capacity for remembrance . This remembrance provided a means to modify personal behavioral patterns, enhancing survivability .

The interplay of cycle awareness and memory prompted the development of measurement techniques to harness these patterns advantageously . These methodologies eventually evolved into clocks, which, over centuries, formalized the concept of time as we understand it collectively .

What we term "time" represents a human-devised measurement of universal occurrences . However, the universe operated in this manner long before human existence and will continue to do so in our absence .

In my view, time is a convention established by humans to organize phenomena at a human scale and from a human perspective, facilitating structured communication. It enables us to recall past events to interpret the present and anticipate the future . Virtually all human activities are predicated on this convention of time . Our actions today stem from prior events and are oriented toward impending moments or days ahead . At any given instant, past, present, and future converge, presenting a paradoxical simultaneity .

If you take away a human's memory, time becomes irrelevant .

If you take away humans from the universe, time becomes irrelevant . This framework pertains solely to human cognition and has no bearing on the universe itself . The universe perpetually flows in an unbroken continuum . EM .