Fluffywolf
Nips away your dignity
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Semantics. You original assertion was that time couldn't be measured. Sure time isn't a material thing. Why does it need to be? The passage of time makes a material impact on what we do and we have tools that mechanically track this passage with precision.
I don't personally see it that way. The passage of time doesn't have a material impact on what we do. But rather, what we do has an impact on how we see time. Time is our explanation for all the movement in the world. But it doesn't really exist. We measure movement in the world and to explain we use amounts of time. But time itself, since it isn't an existing property, can not be influenced in any way. Therefor, time doesn't stop. Or go faster. Or even always go the same speed. Our perception of movement however may alternate.
So my point was that the concept of time itself is often the wrong place to look for answers, instead look in the material aspects of 'time', why is time what you believe it is.
But I'm not sure we're on topic on this.