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mitch96

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9. I always thought of time as the present moment...

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 03:52 PM

Jan 2020

When I think of the past moment... It lives in my mind... right now. When I think of the future, that thought lives in my mind... right now.. The past is now, the future is now...
The philosophy of it all fascinates me...
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This physicist's ideas of time will blow your mind. [View all] Cattledog Jan 2020 OP

Well we seem to share a basic relativity to time passing or we wouldn't be able to set appointments. The Wielding Truth Jan 2020 #1

... dweller Jan 2020 #2

It is fascinating matt819 Jan 2020 #3

Stars are born, they live and eventually die. dubyadiprecession Jan 2020 #4

Fascinating! silverweb Jan 2020 #5

Great! sdfernando Jan 2020 #6

Addressed many times in science fiction, but the answers are illusive... TreasonousBastard Jan 2020 #7

Yeah, well he should try to be late with his mortgage payment. 3Hotdogs Jan 2020 #8

Trump's Space Force will avert that. central scrutinizer Jan 2020 #10

I always thought of time as the present moment... mitch96 Jan 2020 #9

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx abqtommy Jan 2020 #11

Jeremy Bearimy Boomer Jan 2020 #12

As James Taylor said in "Secret O' Life" TomSlick Jan 2020 #13