This video posted on YouTube by the Science Channel caught my attention and started me thinking about how we view time. This video is part of the series Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.
To say most of us view time as a linear progression appears to be true, and some people value time's linearity, as explained by Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The video below was posted by Viral9.
Many cultures and belief systems see time as cyclical, as noted by the Wikipedia article Time Cycles. This ties in with the "study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe" (Wikipedia) called Cosmology, which presents many interesting views from around the world.
Practices and viewpoints concerning time in a variety of cultures have been analyzed by anthropologist Edward T. Hall. You can find some of his views at Changing Minds.
And at Cracked.com you can find the attention-grabbing article, 7 Theories on Time That Would Make Doc Brown's Head Explode.
-- Marge
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To say most of us view time as a linear progression appears to be true, and some people value time's linearity, as explained by Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The video below was posted by Viral9.
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Many cultures and belief systems see time as cyclical, as noted by the Wikipedia article Time Cycles. This ties in with the "study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe" (Wikipedia) called Cosmology, which presents many interesting views from around the world.
Practices and viewpoints concerning time in a variety of cultures have been analyzed by anthropologist Edward T. Hall. You can find some of his views at Changing Minds.
And at Cracked.com you can find the attention-grabbing article, 7 Theories on Time That Would Make Doc Brown's Head Explode.
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| Theory #7: We May Not Live in the Present. --Cracked |
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-- Marge
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