• Before reading McTaggart's article, how did you conceive of the nature of time? Did you recognize your own view of time in one of the series that McTaggart describes? What does McTaggart mean by "the unreality of time"? Were you surprised by any of McTaggart's arguments? 

        This is a topic which I actually think about very often. I'm someone who is always looking into the future and wonder what opportunities or events I will come across in my life. I also try very hard to live in the present, but I know life is a moving cycle and I can't help but think ahead. I'll be honest, I consider myself a deep thinker and sometimes I think so deep that I get a little uncomfortable. A similarity that struck a nerve with me was the A series. The A series indicates that the past, present, and future are continual illusions, which is something I have found myself pondering over. An example in my life that I could relate back to the A series, is if maybe I'm sitting in a coffeeshop. I could stop what I'm doing, and try as hard as I can to be stuck in the current moment.  I can see the decqor, the different people around you, the blue and white striped checkered shirt the man is wearing at the table next to you. In 5 hours when I think back to this moment, it will be pictured differently. I may get the colors of the shirt right, but what about the exact placements of each little square on the shirt? What about the exact movements of the man, exact motions of the people in line, or the pattern of the cracks on the wooden ceiling? Now obviously I don't care about these certain things, but the point being is that present moment is gone, and the memory that plays in my head, is an illusion. What McTaggart implies when he talks about his image of "the unreality of time", is that the past, present, and future cannot be defined. They can be put into words, but not much else. Surprised would be the wrong word to use when reading this. I was drawn to his distinction between series A and series B. Both of the series are equal in importance to time, but they do not share the same basics. They are both the same thing, yet they aren't. Yet they both cannot exist without this mysterious thing we call time. It is very odd to think. Time may not be a real thing, yet time is what makes the world go round. What even is time?