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Saturday, April 28, 2012

It's about Time...Part IX

As has become de rigueur for this series, I shall begin with another quote. It’s a good question that allows me to spell things out further in very simple terms. Adnohr writes: Mind boggling. So time only seems to be going faster when I'm moving to get things done, and seems to slow down when I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 27, 2012

It's about Time...Part VIII

I’m getting so many interesting comments that it’s really impossible to respond to them all. Many of them deal with how we experience time and its flow, which is an endlessly fascinating topic all in itself, but which I cannot address here any more than I can meaningfully speak about Eternity.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

It’s About Time…Part VII

Here we are, dealing with comments again, which I am doing because it’s instructive - it helps clarify things. Ash writes: Both time & velocity are relative to some reference,.. Each reference in turn being relative to a higher / further reference, ultimately everything being in reference to some... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

It’s about Time…Part VI

Once more I’m beginning with a comment. Ash Pradhan writes ‘Naut, you are correct that... eternity / constant / Being cannot be termed as "dimension", since dimension is something that is measurable. It is the "reference" against which the 4 dimensions are measured, and when viewed from that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

It’s About Time…Part V

Yet again I want to begin by answering a couple of comments. Pat writes: This seems true. I often write about time as having accordion-like qualities, sometimes it seems like yesterday when you think of something that happened 40 or 50 years ago. And sometimes when some awareness strikes you, that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

And here’s an apology to my buddy Wiley…

In a comment to Wiley’s post ‘I have stopped reading’, which dealt with Mark Steyn’s book After America, I said, “As I said, mine is on order, so I haven't read it yet, and I'll reserve judgment until I have done that. One thing though: you said you think Mark Steyn is a racist, but I can assure you... Sign in to see full entry.

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It’s about Time…Part IV

Again I shall begin today’s post with responding to comments. Kabu makes a couple of interesting observations, which I want to address because they touch on what we might call ‘normal’ taken-for-granted experiences. She says: What about time in slow motion, when a person feels as though time slowed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

It’s about Time…Part III

I shall begin today’s post with brief responses to three comments. First there’s CCT: “I think I shall have to just read this Naut and hope that you are right. I don't think my cult believes in anything.” My answer: “I completely sympathize, and though I hope I am right, I’m never completely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

It’s about Time…Part II

As is the case frequently, a Blogger’s comment becomes an occasion to discuss something I had not intended to address, but which might be of interest anyway. JimmyA asks, jokingly, “Trying to find the "time" to discuss "time." I wonder what Socrates would have thought of that concept!” Actually,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

It's about Time…Part I

The other day food4thought posted a humorous piece about time travel, found here http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/715498, and it reminded me that I too once wrote a bit about time. It was almost exactly four years ago, and it occurred to me that four years at Blogit is probably... Sign in to see full entry.

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