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June 14th 2013, 06:23 PM
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shevek
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That's like saying temperature dosent exist and its made by humans the measurements were made up.

Temperature is (sort of) the energy that molecules have because they move. If you're not looking, they're still moving, so there still is temperature. But if there are no molecules (before the big bang started), then it's not just not measured; it really doesn't exist. It is not a sensible quantity to even talk about.

With time it's slightly more complex, but the same reasoning works. Time is really a strange thing. We usually define it by the rate of change, especially of things which seem to change at a constant rate, such as pendulums. With this definition, if there are no things, there is nothing that can change, and so there is no rate. It's more than just not watching it; without things which can change, time is not a usable concept.