Sunday, December 14, 2008

On time

there are some who say time doesn't exist - that there is no flow of time. they say that the case for a flow of time has been convincingly demolished (for instance by Deutsch in Fabric of Reality). Yet they don't deny existence. They assert many states of the world; and that time is inferred from each state - states exist, movement between them is nonsensical; at least it doesn't occur. it stands to reason from this terrible introduction that two similar states, even if separated by a lot of 'time' in real life, can have a weird and strong connection. to wit, third time hanging out 10 or so identicalish white cloth nappies, and those little pink microfleece inserts, transports me back in time, or to the same place in time each time. odd feeling indeed.

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