I came across an interesting little discussion of Einstein’s religious beliefs. It drew a lot of comments, mostly heated, with one side holding him up as a standard of proof of God and the other as a standard of proof that God doesn’t exist. With my usual sideways approach to such discussions, it occurred to [...]
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I sometimes wonder if we ever really know another person or if we overlay that person with an expectation that is strictly ours. An extreme example of this would be the neighbor that the police arrest one day and charge with the murder of 15 people over a period of five years. Inevitably the people [...]
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…and yet I believe that time itself doesn’t exist. It is the parade of events that we use to mark our place in the great play in which we participate.
How can it be that time doesn’t exist? Clearly we see the hands on the clock move around and the leaves of the calendar turn. Surely [...]
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