Re: passing time

1999-12-21 Thread Fritz Stumpges
My humble attempt to understand what Julian Barbour is saying in ... Never Enough Time, leads me to believe that some parts are not so difficult, and some parts are like a cow trying to understand our world. The essence, I believe is simple and important: There is no time. There is no space.

Re: Solstice Perigee

1999-12-21 Thread Luke Coletti
Hello Troy, You're welcome! Regarding the reporting of the upcoming full moon (and associated clamor), a very good local paper, The San Jose Mercury, today reported, see URL and snippet below, that the 1912 full moon was actually a far brighter moon. I don't know, perhaps 0.2% is far

Re: passing time

1999-12-21 Thread PsykoKidd
Fritz Stumpges' letter does a fine job of explaining why if time didn't exist, it would still be relevant. One thing to remember though, is if it didn't exist this understanding would help make relevant and useful theories, such as time's arrow as mentioned in the article. (Just as