Questions along the lines of “When does the future start?” have perplexed scholars for . . . some time. For example, do people tend to think that The Future begins immediately* after The Present, or is its arrival more ‘smeared out’? [see illustrations] Steps towards answering this puzzle have recently been taken by Professor Hal […]
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New Internet search fails to turn up evidence of time travelers
Internet search engines are not yet reliable enough to find evidence of time travelers — if that information exists and if it’s findable. That’s what this new study suggests: “Searching the Internet for evidence of time travelers,” Robert J. Nemiroff [pictured above], Teresa Wilson [pictured below], arXiv:1312.7128, December 26, 2013. The authors, at Michigan Tech, write: “Time […]
Confused muddling: the future
“Future Reflections” is a 20-minute-long video, a meandering discussion of what the future might have meant, or might some day mean, or might some day have meant, perhaps from the point of view of people in the future or of people in the recent past who are imagining the future. The video documents some thoughts […]