Page 771 - Atlas of Creation Volume 3

Harun Yahya

We think that a lapse of
time has occurred be-
tween the moment the
telephone rings and
when we hear the voice
of a friend, and we call
this interval "time". Time
is a perception that
arises from making a
comparison between
what we experience at
one particular moment
and the past.

Time is a concept
that depends on
comparing events
we have experi-
enced. For exam-
ple, someone goes
into a room. Later
he sees a pen on
the floor and bends
over to pick it up.
Then, he takes the
pen to a table and
places it there. The
person makes a
comparison be-
tween all these ac-
tions. He thinks
that a space of time
has passed be-
tween each one
and so the percep-
tion of time comes
to be.

the present moment; his brain would not be able to make these interpretations and, therefore, he would
not have any perception of time.

The Views Of Scientists On The Idea That Time Is A Perception

Today it has been scientifically accepted that time is a concept that arises from our making a definite
sequential arrangement among movements and changes. We will try to make this clearer by giving ex-
amples from those thinkers and scientists who have established this view.
The physicist Julian Barbour caused a great stir in the scientific world with his book entitled The End

of Time in which he examined the ideas of timelessness and eternity. He pointed out that the idea that
time was a perception was very difficult for many people to accept. In an interview with Barbour re-
ported in Discover magazine, these comments are made about time being a perception:

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