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Old March 23rd, 2003, 12:45 AM
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Default Re: [OT] Plato\'s Pub and Philosophical Society

Baron, I couldn't agree with you more about time.

Because A follows B, we make the assumption B causes A.

And that may not be true.

And to take this discussion into a completely different direction, some proponents suggest time is an illusion.

They claim the past, present and the future already exist in a kind of omni-present. It is just that our perspective is riveted on the present and gives us the experience of discovering the future.

Can't say I really understand it, but it is a interesting concept.

[ March 22, 2003, 22:45: Message edited by: tbontob ]
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