Can Time Be Prevented?

April 10, 20233 min read

Can Time Be Prevented by Jon Bowerman

My Hypothesis

To measure time in seconds, hours, etc., is to shortchange our ability to control time. One second to me is not necessarily one second to you. I believe that we can control time in this way. I am not referring to time management; I mean that we can actually control time. Slow it down and speed it up.

Time only exists when there is a change from one state to another.

Absence of time:

1 becomes 1. No state change = no time

Presence of time:

Liquid + Energy + Time = Gas

Theoretically: Liquid + Energy = Gas

Reality: Liquid + Energy + [Time] = Gas

In this case, [Time] approaches a limit of zero but never reaches zero.

The bike breakdown:

Bike parts + [Assembly Time] = Bike

In this case, [Assembly Time] is not fixed nor constant. Here we can control how long we want the "aging" process to be. This is how we control time.

We can never truly answer the question, "How much time does it take?"

We can never know this in terms of periodic increments. We can, however, know this in terms of conversion points moving from one state to another. Time can be quantified by whatever influences are needed to move from one state to another.

Theory: Measure age by comparing a matter's state

Say two bowls of water are each age zero; they're poured at the same time. Each bowl of water is now a gas after 10 minutes. Each bowl's physical states are the exact same. Bowl #1 reached gas in five minutes. Bowl #2 reached gas at 10 minutes. In terms of state change, both bowls were the same age at different times. In this case, time is relative. To Bowl #1, Bowl #2 appears half its age after 5 minutes.

Imagine in a gaseous state, the water is considered "dead."

If the water is able to prevent the physical influences that would change it to a gas state, would it then achieve eternal life? Could humans, in the same manner, by preventing the state changes in our body, approach the same possibility?

By not measuring time in regular increments but in the observation of state changes, is it then possible that two people born at the same time are different ages because one person's state changes are slower than the other's? If your body stays the exact same from one week to another, do you age? If a bowl of water stays the exact same, does it age? I believe the answer to both is no.

Could yoga help you slow down the state changes?

Could we truly wield this power over time without succumbing to its influence?

What does this mean to development?

If you thought the Y2K bug was a beast, imagine the PHP date functions and similar in relatively measured time. I am currently developing some big data theories and conducting tests that may lead to improved understanding of this issue. Imagine constructing a DNA strand made up of that which is resistant to state change.

I’ve led companies, consulted teams, launched ideas — and I’ve also asked big questions about who I am beyond all that. My work now is to live fully, create freely, and guide others to do the same.

Jon Bowerman

I’ve led companies, consulted teams, launched ideas — and I’ve also asked big questions about who I am beyond all that. My work now is to live fully, create freely, and guide others to do the same.

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