There are things that I would say that you could call an instant of time; or better, a now. As we live we seem to move through a succession of instants of time, nows, and the question is, what are… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
“conscious states somehow reflect physical states in the brain. Put in its crudest form, a brain scientist who knew the state of our brain… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
What really intrigues me is that the totality of all possible Nows of any definite kind has a very special structure. You can think… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
“Interestingly, consciousness and understanding are always tied to a short time span, which was called the specious present by the philosopher and psychologist William… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
“The chain from cause to effects may be quite long and take surprising forms, but a cause there must be. It is unsatisfactory to… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
“By a time capsule, I mean any fixed pattern that creates or encodes the appearance of motion, change or history.” — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
“You are the music of the spheres heard from the particular vantage point that is you.” — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
“The higher we climb, the more comprehensive the view. Each new vantage point yields a better understanding of the interconnection of things. What is… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
If nothing happened, if nothing changed, time would stop. For time is nothing but change. It is change we see occurring all around us,… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
“somehow seems appropriate here: ‘If the end of the world is nigh, it is time to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes to Cincinnati twenty… — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
Superficial people find the extraordinary fascinating, and profound people find the ordinary riveting. — Julian Barbour Copy Share Image
