tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post6549279765431871978..comments2023-09-28T10:08:44.827+02:00Comments on Gwynt: A Matter of TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-47905909893330394282014-05-17T14:14:02.689+02:002014-05-17T14:14:02.689+02:00Tom –Why not? -for us to exist coherently I think ...Tom –Why not? -for us to exist coherently I think we were blessed with a mind ; one that functions so that memory informs us of a time in the past, allows us to imagine a time in the future but otherwise informs us we are in the present, all of which is reinforced by the evidence of biological aging. <br /><br />But we remain trapped on planet earth, unable to grasp time in its entirety in space, other than what we know that time and space are inextricably linked. <br />Best wishesLindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-2750493331301273102014-05-17T07:59:48.220+02:002014-05-17T07:59:48.220+02:00Lindsay; An interesting point. And as there are s...Lindsay; An interesting point. And as there are so many aspects of the physical universe that we cannot sense, why not time also? It is indissolubly bound to space anyway, according to the theory of relativity.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-88055283229711847422014-05-17T03:06:41.870+02:002014-05-17T03:06:41.870+02:00Personally I don’t think you can say what time is,...Personally I don’t think you can say what time is, but I am attracted to the idea of Eternalism; that there is no distinction between any points of time which are all equally real. <br />in other words a further dimension within the general theory of relativity, to postulate the future events are already there as a further dimension, so we have eternal recurrence.<br />Best wishes <br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-83012102877647422852014-05-11T16:35:48.708+02:002014-05-11T16:35:48.708+02:00I suppose it has to do with the persistence of mem...I suppose it has to do with the persistence of memories. Many years ago David Bowie wrote a song called 'Changes' whose lyrics still affect me - or perhaps it's the melody:<br /><br />I watch the ripples change their size<br />But never leave the stream<br />Of warm impermanence and<br />So the days float through my eyes<br />But still the days seem the same.<br /><br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-11938869904596531622014-05-11T14:06:00.034+02:002014-05-11T14:06:00.034+02:00Susan; When you say 'you are older', what...Susan; When you say 'you are older', what has happened in reality to produce the effect of time? Or are we merely measuring deterioration as a function of gravity?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-66680218572139342512014-05-11T14:02:27.483+02:002014-05-11T14:02:27.483+02:00Thank you Ellena.Thank you Ellena.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-70333999945226147672014-05-09T17:06:48.856+02:002014-05-09T17:06:48.856+02:00There have been artists able to make time expand f...There have been artists able to make time expand for me. Pink Floyd were very good at doing just that: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-OytmtYoOI" rel="nofollow">'The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older'.</a><br /><br />Happy Anniversary to you and Lucy.<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-83454520661269705162014-05-09T15:30:52.127+02:002014-05-09T15:30:52.127+02:00Belated best wishes for continued celebration of l...Belated best wishes for continued celebration of love to you Tom and Lucy. Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-2564291626023828722014-05-09T10:07:46.555+02:002014-05-09T10:07:46.555+02:00Our warmest thanks, Bruce.Our warmest thanks, Bruce.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-23586480242566249542014-05-09T02:10:22.891+02:002014-05-09T02:10:22.891+02:00Happy anniversary to two good friends.Happy anniversary to two good friends.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-31832739889586128822014-05-08T10:27:10.230+02:002014-05-08T10:27:10.230+02:00Geo; I take your point, but there is still an imp...Geo; I take your point, but there is still an implicit assumption that we know what time is. I would suggest that, like energy (which we define in terms of capacity to do work - as defined by physics), we do not know what time is. Simply dividing that abstraction into bite-sized pieces only makes it usable, not knowable.<br /><br />Please give me a few days to come back with further thoughts on this issue. Thank you for your comment and for your wishes of happiness from both Lucy and me.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-71429319857074349512014-05-08T10:22:01.847+02:002014-05-08T10:22:01.847+02:00Halle; Will do one's best. :) Thank you for ...Halle; Will do one's best. :) Thank you for your best wishes from both of us.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-31844026402988163132014-05-08T03:34:14.921+02:002014-05-08T03:34:14.921+02:00And happy anniversary to you both!And happy anniversary to you both!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-88168778291555555402014-05-08T03:26:38.214+02:002014-05-08T03:26:38.214+02:00Sunlight takes about 7 minutes to reach us. Twinkl...Sunlight takes about 7 minutes to reach us. Twinkles from farther stars can take millions of years. Heat from firewood has been stored for a long season. Sound arrives in its own time and touch takes a moment to reach the brain...Our awareness of the present, now, is always greatly or slightly arrears of the tremendous operations that compose it. Each moment,now, is a construct of astonishing antiquity. I suspect we all participate with everything in a single instant that is infinitely variable and really really big. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-52559518218616491042014-05-07T23:22:44.506+02:002014-05-07T23:22:44.506+02:00Tom! You choose an epsilon, I'll grab a delta ...Tom! You choose an epsilon, I'll grab a delta and we will both live joyously in the present which may be short but please, not infinitely so! :D<br /><br />All the very best to you both on your anniversary.Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-20451999077979703282014-05-07T17:39:37.771+02:002014-05-07T17:39:37.771+02:00Agnieszka; Nice to have you back, and hope you ha...Agnieszka; Nice to have you back, and hope you had a good time. Re Wroclaw, it certainly seems to be happening everywhere and everywhen. Thanks also from us both.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-38954298608941831812014-05-07T17:37:37.329+02:002014-05-07T17:37:37.329+02:00Marja-Leena; Thank you from us both, and certainl...Marja-Leena; Thank you from us both, and certainly will do!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-91902635215281541962014-05-07T17:34:23.143+02:002014-05-07T17:34:23.143+02:00i drove by a large mural on the wall of a modern a...i drove by a large mural on the wall of a modern art museum in wroclaw just the other day. in translation, it said "WAS WAS WAS WAS is WILL BE WILL BE WILL Be" with the is written in a tiny font while the past and future words were larger. it grabbed me immediately, and now this post feels very much like a reiteration of the concept.<br /><br />congratulations to you both!<br />the polish chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929281676865641560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-48843171844732863782014-05-07T16:43:52.737+02:002014-05-07T16:43:52.737+02:00Congratulations and happy anniversary to you and L...Congratulations and happy anniversary to you and Lucy, and wishes for many many more, in whatever timewarp :-) Keep on loving and taking care of each other.marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.com