From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!unc!bte Newsgroups: net.misc Title: more on time Article-I.D.: unc.3759 Posted: Fri Jul 30 00:04:56 1982 Received: Fri Jul 30 06:31:47 1982 Time doesn't pass. We can only percieve it passing, since perception (to humans, not Tralfamadorians or Winston Niles Roomford) depends upon a change in something's temporal state. Therefore, for a human to say that time does not pass, that it is all "already there", is a crock. In fact, to say that time exists is to imply passage. I still like the definition of time that says it is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once... Ciao! Blackhand the Evil (unc!jqw)