Existence of Time from a Banana

Exploring the idea that time is an abstraction derived from the observation of physical and physiological processes.

Processes are defined as the changes of an object from one state to one or more other states.

Defining “objects” and “states of objects” implies an observer with a set of characteristics that inform these definitions.

Say, a human being can observe a banana (object) and its change from being ripe (state 1) to rotten (state 2), and does so usually with a practical purpose in mind: eating the banana as is, making a banana cake if it is overripe and you have more than one, feeding it to a pig if you have one nearby, throwing it away and counting on garbage collection or biodegradation to replace you in attending to this banana until its final purpose, which is not to exist as a banana anymore. A certain interest in bananas, as well as commensurate scales of existence, a physical relatability, are supposed in the human observer.

The observation of processes implies the existence of observers with cognitive abilities: perception, definition, comparison.

Exploring the idea that from these observations, humans derive an abstraction (concept, notion) called “time”.