With all appropriate respect and sincere apologies to the singular genius of Albert Einstein, and despite our diffidence concerning its possible perception as reductive, we have come to a personnally satisfactory understanding of the metaphysical (and empirical) essence of the concept of “Time.” Our attained onclusion is that the conception of “Time” emanates from the dynamic comparison of recalled experiences in one’s respective temporal relationship. We will elucidate. by way of a recent, instructive, occurrence of an exotic e-mail.
The e-mail message simply sought our possible identification of two parties appearing in certain photographs, regarding who, unfortunately, we were unfamiliar. The exotic feature of the communication was that it was transmitted from a child of a first cousin (by marriage) which child we had not seen since he was a cute, blonde, curly-haired toddler, being gently rocked in a hammock, by his father on the back lawn of the homestead owned by his in-laws. our maternal Aunt Anna Kenigsberg and her husband, Morris, on Main Street, Middletown Connecticut. The communicant remarkably informed us that he was now 78 years of age; attesting to the bizarre fact that we had not seen or spoken with him for upwards of three-quarters of a Century.
In the course of said exotic communication, we requested, and soon thereafter received, a detailed, well-written history of the births and deaths of the family and progeny of our Mother’s eldest sister (“Tante Anna”).
The recited experience had the effect of causing us, once more, to contextually ruminate on the nature of “Time,” as nuanced and empirically perceived by Mankind, distinquished from the cosmic and metaphysical phenomenon, famously emanaring from the genius of Albert Einstein viz.,”Time,” as variously lived and and perceived by humankind is contemplatively, and empirically demonstrated by our natural reaction to the receipt of exotic e-mail.
Our reflexive rection to the recounted e-mail scenario is respectfully submitted as empirical confirmation of our eternally-held proposition that Mankind’s perception of “Time” is empirically based upon his reaction to the temporal order of his nuanced, accurately recalled, lifetime experiences. For a utilitarian and humanistic understanding of Man’s lifetime of experience, even the incomparable intellect of Albert Einstein offers meager assistance.
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