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Article #348Re: invention of time
From: Matthew P Wiener
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:03
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:03
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In article <snodgras.714201251@crash>, snodgras@crash (John Snodgrass) writes: > One of the most profound (and absurd) assumptions of the new >physics is the existence of time _as real_. Where is this assumption made? If anything, the new physics rejects the reality of time. >as 'time dilation' even more absurd, since they are predicated on something >else which itself has not been demonstrated. Of course, this doesn't stop >anyone from believing in it. Probably because it has been experimentally checked millions of times. Of course, it helps to know what you're talking about. -- -Matthew P Wiener (weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!centerline!noc.near.net!news.Brown.EDU!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!sagi.wistar.upenn.edu From: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: invention of time Message-ID: <86521@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 19 Aug 92 13:03:41 GMT References: <snodgras.714201251@crash> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener) Organization: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: sagi.wistar.upenn.edu In-reply-to: snodgras@crash.cts.com (John Snodgrass)