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understanding time
July 18, 2012 at 9:46 pm
i'm watching nova - fabric of the cosmos and they're talking about time. i have a question for anyone who can answer, perhaps it's hypothetical.

does the study of time more evaluate more definitively what happened in the past as it can the future? the reason i ask is they said something that intrigued me. basically that 200 years in the future could have us teleporting to different locations (just as an example they used).

with the arrow of time going one way (forward) as it would seem to us, does that mean that technology moves us forward faster as we gain knowlege, than it did in the past? or maybe more clearly, will the progress from 200yrs ago until today seem much less than it will from now until 200yrs into the future?
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understanding time - by jackman - July 18, 2012 at 9:46 pm
RE: understanding time - by Erinome - July 18, 2012 at 10:03 pm
RE: understanding time - by jackman - July 18, 2012 at 10:14 pm
RE: understanding time - by Godschild - July 20, 2012 at 4:50 pm
RE: understanding time - by Ryantology - July 20, 2012 at 6:49 pm
RE: understanding time - by Godschild - July 21, 2012 at 2:24 am
RE: understanding time - by Nine - July 21, 2012 at 7:21 am
RE: understanding time - by Reforged - July 18, 2012 at 10:04 pm
RE: understanding time - by Anomalocaris - July 20, 2012 at 5:05 pm
RE: understanding time - by Reforged - July 21, 2012 at 2:54 am
RE: understanding time - by Paul the Human - July 18, 2012 at 10:06 pm
RE: understanding time - by Cato - July 20, 2012 at 9:01 pm
RE: understanding time - by Rayaan - July 18, 2012 at 11:02 pm
RE: understanding time - by Nemo - July 19, 2012 at 8:20 am
RE: understanding time - by twocompulsive - July 20, 2012 at 7:26 pm
RE: understanding time - by Anomalocaris - July 20, 2012 at 10:09 pm
RE: understanding time - by Minimalist - July 18, 2012 at 11:16 pm
RE: understanding time - by Felasco - July 19, 2012 at 8:43 am
RE: understanding time - by Nine - July 20, 2012 at 6:55 pm
RE: understanding time - by jonb - July 21, 2012 at 6:22 am
RE: understanding time - by C.W. Sims - July 22, 2012 at 11:02 am

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