>From Mr. Lawrence, ...
> > Just some idle off-the-wall speculation follows...a fable of sorts: ... > > They pondered these issues for a millennium or two, or perhaps it was > > for only a couple of microseconds - time can be such an ephemeral > > state of mind. > > If you're going to use English to communicate with others, please use > the words to mean what we all agree that they mean. > > "time" is not a state of mind. "time" is what a clock reads, and > elapsed time is the time recorded by a clock between two events. In > any particular reference frame, the time between two events can be a > millennium or it can be a microsecond but it can't be both, and the > elapsed time between those events is most certainly not an "ephemeral > state of mind". An "ephemeral state of mind" is something quite > different. > > Similarly, a tomato is not an alien cab driver, and a horse is not a > flying saucer. > > A country mile is not an hour. > > A minute is not euphoria. Euphoria is a state of mind, it's not a > measure of time. A sad feeling after breakfast is not a month. A sad > feeling is a state of mind, not a measure of time, while a month is a > measure of time, not a state of mind. > > And a letter in which you mix up a state of mind with an elapsed time > is not a serious attempt at communication, IMNSHO. I gather you didn't like portions of my fable. I'm not a scientist. That is obvious. Nevertheless: "The End of Time, The Next Revolution in Physics", by Julian Brbour http://www.amazon.com/End-Time-Next-Revolution-Physics/dp/0195145925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249237658&sr=1-1 http://tinyurl.com/nwxxbb But Mr. Barbour's book is not what I really what I wanted to comment on. In my own not so humble opinion, when writing in the guise of a fable one has permission to exploit the perception of "time", or any perception pertaining to the human condition, any damn way they please. Least I sound like I'm admonishing Mr. Lawrence's perceptions, no, I'm not. I suspect there are strong reasons as to why Mr. Lawrence has felt the need to express his concerns as adamantly has he appears to have done so. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
