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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: the physics of time #38941 08/27/2001 7:15 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Bean says time can't have momentum. but I'll take it one step farther: "When is 'now'? Saying that 'now' is 'this instant' is going around in circles. Every instant is 'now' when it 'happens.' The point is, how do you measure the rate of moving from one instant to the next? And the answer is, you can't. What's the rate of the passage of time?'' -Gregory Benford, Timescape well, let's see... time passes at exactly one second per second.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted . Max Quordlepleen 08/20/2001 2:53 AM Re: TIME for a new thread, people Bean 08/20/2001 2:38 PM Re: TIME for a new thread, people Bean 08/20/2001 2:48 PM Re: TIME for a new thread, people Jackie 08/20/2001 8:22 PM Re: the physics of time tsuwm 08/27/2001 7:15 PM Re: the physics of time Faldage 08/27/2001 7:19 PM Re: A note on the death digression WhitmanO'Neill 08/27/2001 9:05 PM Re: A note on the death digression consuelo 08/27/2001 10:08 PM Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality tsuwm 08/31/2001 2:47 AM . Max Quordlepleen 08/31/2001 3:09 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality belligerentyouth 08/31/2001 9:19 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality WhitmanO'Neill 09/01/2001 1:41 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Jackie 09/01/2001 2:39 AM Time musick 09/05/2001 4:41 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality of troy 09/05/2001 5:49 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality doc_comfort 09/07/2001 5:18 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Faldage 09/07/2001 12:51 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Flatlander 09/07/2001 4:09 PM Re: Time - is waiting in the wings Capital Kiwi 02/27/2002 5:31 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality tsuwm 02/27/2002 6:54 PM timely words tsuwm 02/27/2002 7:01 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/27/2002 7:50 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality snoot 02/27/2002 9:39 PM Re: Theorem v Theorum jmh 02/27/2002 10:31 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/27/2002 10:37 PM Re: Theorem v Theorum Bean 02/28/2002 1:15 PM Re: Theorem v Theorum jmh 03/01/2002 2:20 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality WhitmanO'Neill 02/27/2002 11:21 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Jackie 02/28/2002 2:02 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality TEd Remington 02/28/2002 5:58 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Keiva 02/28/2002 6:18 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality milum 02/28/2002 10:00 PM Re:time is a measurement of distance ladymoon 02/27/2002 11:17 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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