Thursday, May 11, 2006
What is time like?
I seem to recall a moment in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in which it was noted that time is even worse than space to get lost in. (Probably, it was in Life, the Universe and Everything.) Scott Adams sent out the call for thoughts on how the universe started. I'm not sure if I believe in it, but I don't see why time couldn't curve in on itself the way space does, in which case everywhere and nowhere would be the point of origin, depending on your perspective. I commented:When all is said and done - to pick a highly inapt phrase - eternity is probably like infinity, curving around and into itself. Note that like infite space, infinite time is probably not exactly uniform. There are probably bubbles, pockmarks. But where (or when) they are probably shifts.For those seeking a mix of confusing prose and still more confusing reasoning, the rest of the comment is here.
posted by gbarto at 7:04 PM