tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post3726945975352354044..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Temporal ParallaxP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-85284425262104873112009-05-06T07:21:00.000-07:002009-05-06T07:21:00.000-07:00I don't claim to be the first! And it is not a des...I don't claim to be the first! And it is not a description of everything I write, but when it does happen it is surprising and delightful and very mysterious.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-90863777941772192442009-05-06T07:18:00.000-07:002009-05-06T07:18:00.000-07:00Various writers have claimed to be the first to ha...Various writers have claimed to be the first to have said: "I don't know what I think until I write it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-82731395555655320242009-05-05T17:36:00.000-07:002009-05-05T17:36:00.000-07:00I don't know Heroes. Is it a TV show? Another movi...I don't know Heroes. Is it a TV show? Another movie I didn't mention is a documentary of the physicist (he said he went into theoretical physics so as not to be constrained by facts!) Stephen Hawking. At one point in his career he was speculating on whether or not time would reverse for someone going through a black hole. His grad assistant couldn't get the result Hawking wanted, and H. finally realized he had made an error in his math. The animation for this segment of the film showed someone going through a black hole and growing younger, returning to babyhood. My question was, where's the mother's womb? How can the baby return to that if his mother didn't also go through the black hole? Etc. But maybe I just don't understand enough to be as confused as I should be. That's a possibility.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-3217908563438455132009-05-05T16:19:00.000-07:002009-05-05T16:19:00.000-07:00Time is interesting, but confusing (for me, if I t...Time is interesting, but confusing (for me, if I think about it too deeply!)<br /><br />I find the time-travel aspects of Heroes thought-provoking, when Hiro meets himself from other times. (Do you ever watch Heroes?)<br /><br />I suppose if time-travel was literally possible, it would cause chaos.Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.com