THE PARALLELOCHRON

The parallelochron is the parallelism between the irregular duration and the regular duration (time) or between two times.

Duration is the continuous and irreversible occurrence of phenomena that goes from the past to the future. Time divides duration into equal intervals.


A: ----------------------------------> irregular duration

B: ----- I ----- I ----- I ----- I ----> regular duration

Cases of parallelochron:

1- The microwave
A: heating
B: timer

2- The Earth
B1: rotation movement
B2: clocks

3- Life
A: development and aging
B: age

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THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER

The properties of matter are classified in general and specific. The general properties are: mass, weight, volume, inertia, impenetrability and time. The specific properties are classified in: organoleptic, physical, chemical and biological. The organoleptic properties are smell, taste, color, etc. The physical properties are: fragmentation, elasticity, states, solubility, viscosity, hardness, malleability, ductility, density, etc.

The chemical properties are: combustion, fermentation, oxidation, photosynthesis, etc. In chemical properties, materials alter their nature.

In Biology we can mention the properties of: growth, development, digestion, reproduction, aging, etc.

Time is not a physical property because it is not observable, either by the senses or by any device. Time is a magnitive or philochron property because we observe changes and from them we abstract time.

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HISTORICAL PAST VS METRICAL PAST

Philochrony distinguishes between the historical past (HP) and the metric past (MP). The historical past refers to the events that have already occurred. The metric past refers to dates prior to the present. The HP is not real, but the MP is, because time is an objective-abstract property of universe.

For example:
1- Destruction of the Berlin Wall (11-09-1989).
2- Attack to the Twin Towers (09-11-2001).
3- Indonesia earthquake and tsunami (26-12-2004).

The historical past is the events arranged chronologically and the metric past are the dates. Although the HP is not real we have evidence that it existed. Our date of birth is real and known. Our date of death is real but unknown. Death is an inevitable fact.

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THE NATURE OF TIME

Let's also see the nature of water, light and color as a reference to the nature of time.

- Water is the substance formed by the H2O molecule.

- Light is the electromagnetic phenomenon composed of wave-particle that makes bodies visible.

- Color is the property (objective-concrete) that manifests in bodies when they are illuminated.

- Time is the property (objective-abstract) that indicates the duration of things. Water, light and color are material, time is not. Time is the most tenuous property in the universe. Time increases continuously in value due to the succession of changes.

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THE OBJECTIVE AND THE SUBJECTIVE

The objective is real, relative to the object. The subjective is mental, relative to the subject.

The objective can be:
a) Concrete (a specific thing: table, chair, apple, house, etc).
b) Abstract (quality considered separately that is part of the concrete: length, mass, time, volume, etc.).

The subjective can be:
a) Abstract (love, hate, happiness, peace, etc).
b) Imaginary (it is unreal: dragon, mermaid, unicorn, etc).

Time is the property we abstract from the phenomena of occurring continually. From a clock we abstract a measure, the quantity of duration. Similarly, from a body we abstract its mass or its length.

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DEFINITIONS IN PHILOCHRONY

1- Philochrony is the formal science that describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence.

2- Becoming is the continuous succession of irreversible moments that goes from the past to the future.

3 - Duration is the permanence of beings (between a start and an end) in a certain physical state or situation. Duration is also the continuous occurrence of phenomena between a time interval.

4- Time is the measure of duration by an uniform periodic movement (UPM). Time is the regular becoming.

5 - Magnitive is the ineffable quality of time to be objective, imperceptible and calibrated.

6- Chromnesia is the temporary memory; it is where units of time are processed. Although we understand the units of time, sometimes we do not understand what time is.

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WE MEASURE DURATION, NOT TIME

The difference between duration and time is that duration ends and time does not. An example of duration is life that ends with death. Time is the measure of duration by a uniform periodic movement (MPU). Time is the regular becoming.

We measure the duration of beings, not time. Time is already calibrated naturally for the motions of the Earth. Time is like a measuring tape that is already calibrated.

Thousands of years before Christ man discovered time calibration and created calendars. Clocks are an artificial copy of time. In the history of clock we can know the calibration process of this tool.

We use time with three purposes:
1- Measure the duration of beings (objects and phenomena).
2- Order events in sequence.
3- Set the schedules.

Now the magnitive time is objective, imperceptible and calibrated.

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