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Wednesday, August 2. 2023

Debates about time


Is time a real thing, or a human illusion? Physicists wonder.


I just happen to be reading (among other things) an old Michael Crichton book Timeline.  It's sort-of about time travel. Exciting.




Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 13:29 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."

Marcus Aurelius
#1 Fawn Liebowitz Memorial Kiln on 2023-08-02 14:16 (Reply)
Ask anyone over the age of 80.
#2 OneGuy on 2023-08-02 17:57 (Reply)
I am in my eightieth year and I have met more folks with masters and doctorate degrees who were idiots and morons than those who were carpenters, electricians, plumbers, auto mechanics etc. My time is short and I am using it wisely, puns intended but not time sensitive.
#3 Capt. Craig (Link) on 2023-08-02 18:39 (Reply)
Time is simply how humans measure change. The change in one object with the regular occurring change in another object = sun moon, stars. If the earth was completely cloud-covered and celestial objects were not seen or noticed; how would we "tell time"?
#4 Jan Peter Blickenstaff on 2023-08-03 00:55 (Reply)
Another 80 year-old here, and a veteran of 37 years of teaching/research at an elite college and a major university.

Yeah, there are lot's of fools with Ph. D.'s on faculties, and there are more than a few criminals, too. It's absolutely the worst in so-called colleges of education, which are full of posturing semiliterate charlatans, and most faculty in the humanities and social sciences should be fired, but there are many charlatans and criminals in STEM, too. None of the biological and environmental sciences is legitimate.

Physicists mumbling about time can be safely ignored. Just don't let them get near your kids.
#5 bob sykes on 2023-08-03 08:33 (Reply)
It's a social construct, you cis White male you!
#6 Maniac on 2023-08-03 10:00 (Reply)

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