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To: RightWhale; Right Wing Professor; furball4paws

re: Arrow of time

http://info.web.cern.ch/Press/PressReleases/Releases1998/PR06.98ETime_27sarrow.html


71 posted on 02/28/2005 5:29:26 PM PST by longshadow
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To: longshadow
Second paragraph in that linked "arrow of time" CERN piece begins thusly:
The reason why the future and the past are so different in our daily lives is because the Universe started off in the Big Bang in a smooth and organized state. However, as the Universe expanded it became more irregular and disorganized.
IIRC, that's no longer considerd the case. Keystone removed, arch falls.

Minkowski -- HE understood time. the rest are lollygaggers.

78 posted on 02/28/2005 7:12:22 PM PST by bvw
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To: longshadow

And let's not forget the Aggie who Shot an Arrow into the Air. He missed.


81 posted on 02/28/2005 7:37:33 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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