Shelby Charette

November 17, 2015

Radio Lab, Beyond Time

In the interviews, extremely thought provoking discussions are held. I find the concept of time very thought-provoking, because we all know it exists, but does it really? Time could be controlled, or manipulated and morphed, but we would never know. The theory of destiny is a harsh concept, because just like time, we don’t know for sure if it is real or not. We could go through our lives with every second, and every movement and choice be predetermined for us. Its a sad thing to realize, because as a human being, all we want is to make our own decisions, such as where to eat for lunch, who to marry, what kind of ice cream, should I go to the bathroom? It all could be put into our “destiny.” For all we know, even the choices we make are already what we would have chosen, so where did the idea of free-will come from? Time and destiny are two things that will never, in our lifetimes, be fully explored, because for all we know, none of this is real anyways.