Neither do nations or borders. Yet I still have to pay taxes and show my passport at the airport.
At some point, something just exists.
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remon@ani.social 1 day agoNo year “exists”, we made up the entire concept of keeping track of “years” in the first place.
FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
remon@ani.social 12 hours ago
Sure, if you want it look at it that way. But if years exist than so does the year 0.
FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
If you want to look at it that way, then year 0 is when earth started orbiting the sun.
But that’s a bit silly. Afterall, we don’t usw Kelvin inszead of Celsius despite Celsius being “made up” and Kelvin measuring the actual null point.
remon@ani.social 12 hours ago
Or, just like with temperature scales, you can just make up a new one and put zero anywhere you want.
rikudou@lemmings.world 18 hours ago
So, we made it, thus it exists? Or did we somehow manage to create a year system but it still doesn’t exist?
remon@ani.social 18 hours ago
That’s really a philosophical question. Whichever you prefer.
My point is consistency. Either you believe years exists, in which case the year 0 also exists. Or you can believe that no years exist at all.
isyasad@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
The obvious meaning of someone saying “year 0 doesn’t exist” is that the Gregorian calendar does not have a year 0; the year before 1 AD is 1 BC. It’s not a math thing, it’s a protocol thing.
Your point on consistency is just wrong. There is no reason that “believing years exist” would necessarily imply “believing all numbered years exist”
remon@ani.social 10 hours ago
Then the comment should have mentioned the Gregorian calendar. It’s not the only calendar there is.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
we made up all abstract concepts, but some abstract concepts are more real than othe6