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Thursday, May 29, 2008

It’s about Time…Part XVI

We have really come to the end of this series. It’ll be an end, but not a conclusion, because there can be no conclusion. That’s a conclusion, though of a different kind, that I arrived at recently, while I was away, because thinking about this series was the only kind of ‘work’ I took along, and I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

It’s about Time…Part XV

As I mentioned in the previous section, I must make some reference to quantum physics. I certainly won’t go into the ins and out of the Standard Model, but I must talk about some of its implications for all of this, because it grounds Barbour’s work, since he takes quantum physics seriously! And as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 3, 2008

It’s About Time...Part XIV

We have come to what I thought would be the last instalment of this series, but it won’t be, sorry. You'll just have to suffer through more of this stuff. Of course, you don't have to read it! Few do, lol. I had dithered over writing this part not just because of lack of time (and yes, I use that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

It’s About Time…Part XIII

This will be the penultimate post in this series. Partly because of a lack of time, partly because I found it increasingly difficult encapsulate complicated matters within the confines of a post. What to put in? What to leave out? But for better or for worse, I shall soldier on to the end, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 7, 2008

It’s About Time…Part XII

I haven’t had much time to write (no pun intended), but I should really bring this series to a close. Like all unfinished business, it sits there in some corner of my mind and nags. I hate being nagged, so tonight I shall try to make some headway. The previous section ended on a sombre note, simply... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

It’s about Time…Part XI

I have withheld things from you, for several reasons. The first being that one can’t talk about everything at the same time. Another one is that sometimes things are annoyingly contradictory, or at least seemingly so; and finally, because some things are sad, to me at least… Point number one is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

It’s about Time…Part X

We’re getting closer to the end of this oh-so-popular series. Only two more to come, I think. Today just a few more thoughts on our current understanding of the universe, and the affect that has on our understanding of spacetime. Some of this was mentioned before. For most of human history, we lived... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 17, 2008

It’s about Time…Part IX

I don’t really want to discuss quantum theory, but just want to briefly mention one ‘special’ particle again, the photon, the quantum of electromagnetism, to which light belongs. (Light is a wave if you treat it as a wave, and a quantum if you treat it as a quantum. Sometimes it even acts like a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

It’s about Time…Part VIII

Those who have followed me this far will remember the analytical distinction I made at the beginning, that between time and ‘time’, between ‘what we all know as long as we don’t think about it’, to paraphrase St. Augustine, and the mystery we refer to as soon as we do. The more I have thought about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

It’s About Time...Part VII

What makes ideas ‘revolutionary’? The fact that they either change the world, or that they change us; or at least that they change the way we see the world… And what are the implications for our lives? There can be little doubt that the Copernican Revolution had a subtle but marked effect on... Sign in to see full entry.

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