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Old 26-04-2012, 01:26 PM
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I suspect that the issue of time, its direction and its epistimological foundations exist on the boundaries of physics and metaphysics...
Absolutely agree

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Most of the contemplation of this issue seems to eminate from Departments of Philosophy rather than Departments of Physics per se...
Maybe, but it got a good airing in the School of Physics in may day.

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Further, saying "the trouble the universe seems to go to ..." opens up a philosophical minefield as well...
Again, absolutely agree, however this language seems well-used by reputable people as a figure of speech.
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