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| From | nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.science, rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime |
| Date | 2015-08-23 02:20 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <mrbakg$13f$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <20150821a@crcomp.net> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In <20150821a@crcomp.net> Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> writes:
>So there you have it. Inertia as the key insight to hypertime. :)
I'm surprised no one's mentioned James Blish's short story
'Common Time' yet. It opens with the protagonist becoming aware that
he is experiencing life something like 6,000 times faster than normal.
This is a particular inconvenience because while his mind is running
really quite fast, his body is moving at normal rates. He works out
that even if he wanted to write something down, he couldn't move his
pencil fast enough to hold his thought through the whole process of
writing.
--
Joseph Nebus
Math: Reading the Comics: Name-Dropping Edition http://wp.me/p1RYhY-Qh
Humor: The Origin Of The Specious http://wp.me/p37lb5-Wm
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Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 02:48 +0000
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-22 03:54 -0400
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 16:44 +0000
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Richard Todd <rmtodd@servalan.servalan.com> - 2015-08-22 12:49 -0500
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-22 14:56 -0400
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don <g@crcomp.net> - 2021-11-23 03:30 +0000
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime eripe <eripe.dk@gmail.com> - 2022-01-09 20:10 -0800
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 20:49 +0000
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Richard Todd <rmtodd@servalan.servalan.com> - 2015-08-22 17:10 -0500
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-22 17:07 -0500
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 13:50 -0700
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 14:06 -0700
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2015-08-23 02:20 +0000
Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-24 01:28 +0000
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