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Scientists zero in on why time flows in one direction
eurekalert/University of Chicago ^ | 26-Oct-2004 | Steve Koppes

Posted on 10/26/2004 7:36:36 PM PDT by ckilmer

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To: eyespysomething

Well, the coyote ate the ostrich, so we're down to just an eagle! LOLOLOL!


21 posted on 10/26/2004 7:43:43 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a veil for MASS MURDERS. Save your time...)
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To: ckilmer

Good post; pathetic theory.

Entropy is unusable energy, not necessarily disorder. The Big Bang theory defies our laws of physics, so that sort of event probably never happened. Time won't run backwards just because the universe starts contracting, etc...

22 posted on 10/26/2004 7:44:07 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: ckilmer

Good read: "In Entropy's Jaws" by Robert Silverberg.


23 posted on 10/26/2004 7:44:26 PM PDT by glock rocks (I'm not sure what Van Helsing is shooting, but I want one)
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To: ckilmer

It's a part of Karl Rove's evil plan to prevent liberals from changing the past.


24 posted on 10/26/2004 7:45:11 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: ApesForEvolution

lol, why are they wasting money on that ad here in GA?

Lol, we shouldn't have trashed this thread. Bad FReepers.


25 posted on 10/26/2004 7:45:42 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.)
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To: carlr
"Just think we all get to pay for this drivel thanks to government grants."

Just wait until you find out how much of your money the igits in Wash. D.C. send to Yessir Itispigfat and his PLO/PLA/Terror Works 4 Us, Inc. !
26 posted on 10/26/2004 7:45:54 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a veil for MASS MURDERS. Save your time...)
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To: ckilmer

Time is only a perception. It doesn't really exist.


27 posted on 10/26/2004 7:45:59 PM PDT by Se7eN
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To: RadioAstronomer

Interesting


28 posted on 10/26/2004 7:46:05 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: ckilmer

All I know is that in my younger years I often wished fervently that I could make time flow backwards - usually when I woke up with a girl who somehow was far less attractive than she was at last call.


29 posted on 10/26/2004 7:46:10 PM PDT by AggieCPA (Howdy, Ags!)
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To: Se7eN
Time is only a perception. It doesn't really exist.

Tell that to my boss.

30 posted on 10/26/2004 7:46:40 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.)
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To: TheBigB

I believe you are correct. High energy state to lower. FWIW my dog doesn't tell time or care. I envy her.


31 posted on 10/26/2004 7:47:20 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ, De Opresso Liber.)
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To: eyespysomething

LOL

Baaaaaaaad FReepers....


32 posted on 10/26/2004 7:47:38 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a veil for MASS MURDERS. Save your time...)
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To: HawaiianGecko

It flows the opposite direction in the northern hemisphere.


33 posted on 10/26/2004 7:47:45 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT, PURE AND SIMPLE!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: ckilmer
Carroll and Chen's research addresses two ambitious questions: why does time flow in only one direction?

How do they know it does? Perhaps we only perceive it flowing in one direction only because we're in an accelerated frame of reference with respect to time.

34 posted on 10/26/2004 7:47:51 PM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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To: eyespysomething
And furthermmore...sometimes it seems like the last 2 minutes of a football game takes a bit longer than 2 actual minutes...I blame Bush.
35 posted on 10/26/2004 7:48:02 PM PDT by TheBigB (Please Lord...let Bush win and I promise...no naughty thoughts about Lindsay Lohan for a week.)
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To: ApesForEvolution

In the beginning God . . . .


36 posted on 10/26/2004 7:48:04 PM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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To: AggieCPA

Coyote ugly?


37 posted on 10/26/2004 7:48:33 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a veil for MASS MURDERS. Save your time...)
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To: TheBigB
I question the timing of this study.
38 posted on 10/26/2004 7:49:05 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.)
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To: ckilmer

If time could move frontwards and backwards, John Kerry could take back his unvoting for the $87 billion before his voting for it. Does that make sense?


39 posted on 10/26/2004 7:49:10 PM PDT by eagle11 (If you value America's future.....vote GWBush on Nov 2nd!!!)
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To: ckilmer; TaxRelief
You can always increase the entropy more by creating a new universe and allowing it to expand and cool off," Carroll explained.

Oh, wow! I think we'll try this for a science project tomorrow!

40 posted on 10/26/2004 7:49:35 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm not making this up.)
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