Salutatio William!
23-Jan-98, William Elliot wrote to Richard Meic
          Subject: Time and Again
 >>>> Richard Meic on Time and Again
 RM>> The nature of time/space seems to contradict any theory of a
 RM>> beginning to the universe.  Unless your the kind that would cop
 RM>> out and state that time/space was made to _look_ that way .
 WE> Ancient universe:  Open space/time finite in extent, hence edges
 WE> to the world and a beginning or creation of time
 WE> Newtonian universe:  Open space/time infinite in extent, hence no
 WE> beginning nor end but just infinite extension.
 WE> Modern universe.  Closed bounded space/time finite in extent and
 WE> without edges, thus extension in any direction will eventually
 WE> return.  Hence cyclic time
 WE> Psychological universe.  My awareness of time extends backwards to
 WE> my birth and forwards to now with some glimpses beyond
Don't forget "non-existential universe", the universe does not really 
exist and neither do we.  
 Dicere...
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Richard Meic
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