The Amondawa were first contacted by the outside world in 1986, and now researchers from the University of Portsmouth and the Federal University of Rondonia in Brazil have begun to analyse the idea of time as it appears in Amondawa language.
The BBC News article goes in depth about the structure of the Amondawa language and the controversial answer to the question, "What does this mean for science?" I'll spare you the details, but this "discovery" is important advancement in the study of space-time and human consciousness: |
The existence of a time-less language could disprove the "mapping hypothesis" and time (and its passage) could simply be a figment of our imaginations.
I think that this is a noteworthy subject in science because it goes back to the most basic, yet fundamental question in all of human existence: Why are we here? Some scientists speculate that the natural worlds we see around us are the constructs of our consciousness and reality doesn't exist. It's a perplexing idea to wrap your head around.
If we can manipulate our dreams—or those of other people—it could mean that we're simply dreaming up life as we know it, or that we're the fictional subjects of someone else's dream. | Have you ever wondered if your existence—and the world around you—is all a dream? Plenty of people, from ancient philosophers to modern moviemakers, have wondered the exact same thing. It's proof that this question is dogging humankind throughout the ages. |