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It's pretty much been tested and proven: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation
This is an argument for the relativity of time, though, not the inexistence of it, isn't it?
I think the idea that time was invented by humans is silly as hell (not to mention incredibly pompous). Either it's just some semantic difference (it's not "time" it's just "change" or "sequence of events" or whatever), or the opinion of some deluded philosopher who spends too much time in a mouldy cellar, utterly out of touch with reality.
This is an argument for the relativity of time, though, not the inexistence of it, isn't it?
I think the idea that time was invented by humans is silly as hell (not to mention incredibly pompous). Either it's just some semantic difference (it's not "time" it's just "change" or "sequence of events" or whatever), or the opinion of some deluded philosopher who spends too much time in a mouldy cellar, utterly out of touch with reality.