Time and Infinity

time and infinity:

is time infinite? well, firstly, what do we mean by infinite? if everything were to continue to change, then yes, time as thought of in the common linear aggregate sense is indeed infinite. only if change were to stop, theoretically, would time then have an end.

but examining matter, all that exists in space, and i include everything in this, does an individual least bit of matter have an infinite number of states? or is this finite? this is rather like asking if there are an infinite number of shades of colour.

if the number is finite, we can imagine a very large, but finite, chart of change for all matter.

perhaps change is somewhat like a tide of flowing water. it rushes in one direction, sweeping others along with it, but eventually returns in the reverse direction at some point. one would hope. it would concern anyone to consider that change rushes in one direction only to remain stuck there forever, never to return!

and perhaps early events exert a gravitational like pull from which we can never truly escape. for language has developed thus far and it is unlikely we would ever overturn it completely as it is now and start afresh.

a popular question is that of the eternal return, that we are doomed to repeat everything forever, that somehow we return to time zero only to begin again in exactly the same way. theoretically, if we admit that a least bit of matter can return to its state at the start of time, then it seems possible. it would be likely that for some individual least bits of matter, eternal return is completely happening, that some do repeat their changes forever. but what would make a return to time zero happen throughout reality? the only thing i can think of, is that time gravity, if you like, were to exist, that is, a strong pull back to the start, that matter is reluctant to change, or to change too far, and that it naturally reverts to its original state.

CLEARCHARGE