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Subject: Re: ?? Author: Scott [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:26:09 02/23/03 Sun Author Host/IP: 4.40.37.110 In reply to: voltaire 's message, "??" on 06:15:35 01/23/03 Thu Definately good stuff for thought here! >u said that time doesnt heal wounds, that it is >through biology, chem, distraction, etc. but all of >these components exist in the medium of time. >therefore, surely if time impacts on these things, >time does heal wounds in a round about sort of way? In a round-about way, sure. Time does heal wounds. It's the only real method we have to measure the progress of, well, everything! But at the same time (and this is where it gets tricky), "time" is simply term we've given to a concept within our perception. Let's use the wound example, and further focus on physical wounds. Let's say I broke my leg. Without the natural healing processes my body provides, and without the care of a physician, my leg won't heal. Time has no say in this matter. Of course, where this gets tricky is, even with natural healing processes and the best doctors in the world, without the existance of time, it just wouldn't do a bit of good. So far, we know that antibodies, viruses, and antiviruses, all exist in the body, and not in "time." They work through the same physical laws that we work through. But we use time as a reference to measure their progress. >the principles that u outlined r contingent on time >for their success and have u considered that some >wounds dont heal at all. many have died of disease and >depression, etc. Naturally time doesn't heal ALL wounds. In fact, by your line of thinking, time could be considered to actually CAUSE some wounds. The older a person gets, the more their body breaks down, until the person eventually dies. J.R.R. Tolkien created a riddle around it in "The Hobbit." I can't recall the exact words, but it had to do with Time killing people and "beating high mountains down." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]