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April 30, 2016
Barbour gives the collection of all possible moments an evocative name: The Heap
Following a single thread, one would experience an apparent flow of time. Most threads would follow isolated paths that are without sense or meaning, but a very few threads and their neighbours follow paths that are mutually coherent. We might say that such paths tell a story, or that they include a sensible memory of the past at each step. The family of threads that are mutually coherent is robust, whereas the isolated and incoherent threads are fragile, with brittle associations providing no neighbouring reinforcement. | Aeon
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 30, 2016 8:16 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.