Topic: Time Reborn by Lee Smolin/other thoughts on time
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Sun 10/20/13 08:30 AM
Has anybody read this new book that came out this year? It says that time is fundamental, that it has been more important in our laws than we usually regard it as. The laws of physics say that things are timeless, and that if we do some hard calculations correctly, say with all the forces and masses of particles known that the future would be predicted for all time perfectly. But if time comes first as a 'force to reckon with' then new events happen, and laws actually change throughout history. I thought the book was very engaging, and it talked about economics some and the issues with theoretical physics in this day. A good, lively read, which I would recommend definitely!