# Is Time an illusion?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-an-illusion/552385 "2010-09-02T14:21:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-an-illusion/552385/46 "2010-09-02T20:37:45Z")

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> [@unravel the mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unravel-the-mystery/552056/29):
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> > [@unravel the mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unravel-the-mystery/552056/29):
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> > When, people, use, commas, for, no, reason,.
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> Commas may be used anywhere in dialogue or exposition to indicate the tempo of speech. I may have to use that over in GD, in the future.

Ahh, but if time is illusory then can any of time’s derivative works be real? I think not. Therefore, tempo is also an illusion and the commas were used for no reason. 😉

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