From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Feb 2, 2026, Dude wrote   
   (in article <10lre50$12tal$1@dont-email.me>):   
      
   > On 2/2/2026 12:09 PM, Dude wrote:   
   > > On 2/1/2026 3:56 PM, Dude wrote:   
   > > > The question: Is Time a fundamental part of Reality?   
   > > >   
   > > > "One of the earliest cracks appeared in black hole physics. When   
   > > > Stephen Hawking showed that black holes emit thermal radiation, it   
   > > > raised a disturbing possibility: information about whatever falls into   
   > > > a black hole might be permanently lost as heat.   
   > > >   
   > > > That conclusion conflicted with quantum mechanics, which demands that   
   > > > the entirety of information be preserved.   
   > > >   
   > > > Resolving this tension forced physicists to confront a deeper truth.   
   > > > Information is not optional. If we want a full description of the   
   > > > universe that includes quantum mechanics, information cannot simply   
   > > > disappear without undermining the foundations of physics.   
   > > >   
   > > > This realization had profound consequences. It became clear that   
   > > > information has thermodynamic cost, that erasing it dissipates energy,   
   > > > and that storing it requires physical resources." - Florian Neukart,   
   > > > Leiden University, Jan 29, 2026   
   > > >   
   > > > https://studyfinds.org/is-time-reality-physics-revolution/   
   > > Time goes by quickly when you're having fun. Time passes slowly when   
   > > you're bored.   
   > >   
   > > Wait! What?   
   > >   
   > > If time moves on, where does it go?   
   > Time.   
   >   
   > Time for a reality check on the most basic feature of reality. And yet,   
   > for more than a century, physics has struggled to say what time actually   
   > is; is it curved, like Einstein said?   
   >   
   > "Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human   
   > memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction.   
   >   
   > We are born and we die, in exactly that order. We plan our lives around   
   > time, measure it obsessively and experience it as an unbroken flow from   
   > past to future. It feels so obvious that time moves forward that   
   > questioning it can seem almost pointless."   
   >   
   > https://studyfinds.org/is-time-reality-physics-revolution/   
      
   14. (from September 1994 high, edited)   
      
   Math's dictionary   
   ----------------   
   lemniscate time   
   lituus space   
   lissajous with us   
      
   Math is in Welsh tradition the little bear in the sky   
   or a great druid, mentor of Gwydion   
      
   --   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And now the angry morning; Gives the early signs of warning; You must   
   face alone the plans you make; Decisions they will try to break” (S.McL.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)