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Sunday, March 30. 2014

Time: An illusion or a real phenomenon?

The incredible truth about time.


Most physicists believe that it is an illusion, but some still debate the subject.


(Pic is this fancy Audemars Piguet. Timex is the official watch of Maggie's Farm, not AP.)

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, Our Essays at 12:42 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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If you believe time is an illusion, learn to play a musical instrument and join a group. Time will kick your ass.
#1 Juan Paxety (Link) on 2014-03-30 13:38 (Reply)
I believe time is what keeps everything from happening at once. And TIME is an illusion of smarts.
#2 Sam L. on 2014-03-30 13:55 (Reply)
From the article:
“I find these ideas very speculative – to say the least,” says theorist Prof Claus Kiefer of the University of Cologne in Germany. He doubts even the starting point for Smolin’s argument for the reality of time: “There is no evidence whatsoever that new universes are born inside black holes.”

I have not heard that the Wheeler-DeWitt approach has predicted something new that has been verified, to test it. Granted, this is not my field of expertise, but I do think I'd have heard some news about it if it had.
#3 James the lesser (Link) on 2014-03-30 14:20 (Reply)
Time is eternal. Newsweek is defunct.
#4 Ed on 2014-03-30 19:33 (Reply)
If you actually wore an AP, I would question how much we are paying you.
#5 Jim on 2014-03-30 20:59 (Reply)
Time is a dimension.

Someone said that time depends on which side you are of the bathroom door.
#6 GoneWithTheWind on 2014-03-30 22:20 (Reply)
if time is an illusion, then what about teatime, lunchtime, dinnertime?
And what about time sheets? My boss doesn't think they're an illusion and gets rather crass if he doesn't get them.
#7 J.T. Wenting on 2014-03-30 23:57 (Reply)
If I were Sheldon Cooper and I had a 3D printer, I would print an solid replica of an Audemars Piguet Grande (list: $741,000), with the full color palette and a shinny clear final coat and I would give them away to anyone that could wear them where individuals were wearing the real thing. I'd ask them to wear short sleeve shirts or otherwise make sure that the wrist adornment was seen.
If asked, I want them to say, "twenty bucks at Sears".
#8 John the River (Link) on 2014-03-31 18:08 (Reply)

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