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January 6, 2009


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ESSAY CONTEST VOTING

Topic: The Nature of Time

This is a list of essays that have been submitted for the current contest. Voting is closed for the contest, but you can still view the essays.

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The Nature of Time Julian Barbour Dec 1, 2008
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Time Is Local Sandra E. Baron Dec 1, 2008
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Time as a Universal Scaling Principle Lawrence B. Crowell Dec 1, 2008
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Time: the view from ordinary shoulders Peter Alexander Cunningham Dec 1, 2008
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The rediscovery of time through its disappearance Alexis de Saint-Ours Dec 1, 2008
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Time is not the problem. Olaf Dreyer Dec 1, 2008
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On The Flow of Time George F R Ellis Dec 1, 2008
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Gravity: The Power Source of Entropic Time Timothy E Faucett Dec 1, 2008
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Revolution in the Understanding of Space-Time: A Project Buck Field Dec 1, 2008
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Speculation Regarding a Limited Role in the Universe for (Space-)Time Jud Fink Dec 1, 2008
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Deep quantum time David Ritz Finkelstein Dec 1, 2008
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The Case for Absolute Time Randall B Floit Dec 1, 2008
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Is the notion of time really fundamental? Florian Girelli Dec 1, 2008
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Smaller than Planck time Guenter Hauser Dec 1, 2008
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The Production of Time Adam Daniel Helfer Dec 1, 2008
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The Drumming of Space-Time Jean IBAR Dec 1, 2008
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Condensed matter lessons about the origin of time Gil Jannes Dec 1, 2008
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The physical nature of time Sherman Loran Jenkins Dec 1, 2008
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What Is Time? Gregory Keaton Dec 1, 2008
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The Foundation of Physics and the Explanation of Time Gerry L. Klein Dec 1, 2008
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Space does not exist, so time can. Fotini Markopoulou Dec 1, 2008
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Weakening Gravity's Grip on the Arrow of Time Maulik Parikh Dec 1, 2008
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Possible Simultaneous Times Florina Manuela Pirvulescu Dec 1, 2008
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Your Time and My Time and Time Raghavendra Devaraya Prabhu Dec 1, 2008
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The Absoluteness of Time James A. Putnam Dec 1, 2008
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Time and Life: Testing a Tilt in the Arrow of Time C. K. Raju Dec 1, 2008
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Time, TOEs, and UltraStructuralism Dean Rickles Dec 1, 2008
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The Riddle of Time: R = t L Riofrio Dec 1, 2008
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Time and Interpretation Lambru Scoromide Dec 1, 2008
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Things Happen Jim George Snowdon Dec 1, 2008
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Complex Time, Causality and the Anthropic Principal James G Stanfield Dec 1, 2008
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Time Mar Vas Dec 1, 2008
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The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in Capturing the Nature of Time. Dirk Vertigan Dec 1, 2008
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Quantum Measurement as an Arrow of Time Curtis Vinson Dec 1, 2008
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The Nature of Time is Change Matthew Joseph Waldman Dec 1, 2008
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Many Times Steven Weinstein Dec 1, 2008
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The Nature of Time: Turning the Kaleidoscope Ryan Sloan Westafer Dec 1, 2008
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There ain't nothing wrong with Time Anders Bengtsson Nov 30, 2008
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Let's benefit from special mathematics for elapsed time Eckard Blumschein Nov 30, 2008
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Black Holes and Antimatter as the Convergence of Times Joshua D Cuppett Nov 30, 2008
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``What is (the) time?'' ``Get a clock, it will tell you!'' Robert C Helling Nov 30, 2008
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Electron time, mass and zitter David Hestenes Nov 30, 2008
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The progression of time as a cosmological process Johan Masreliez Nov 30, 2008
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Nature's Time Scale Neil G. McCormick Nov 30, 2008
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Temporal Platonic Metaphysics Aleksandar Mikovic Nov 30, 2008
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Time. On. Essay. An. Julian Moore Nov 30, 2008
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Time and Reality of Worldtubes Vesselin Petkov Nov 30, 2008
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On the Non-Existence of Time James E Tyson Nov 30, 2008
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Relational Resolution of Time needs Many Worlds Interpretation with Small Probability Cutoff Sascha Vongehr Nov 30, 2008
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Time as a product of motion peter wamai wanjohi Nov 30, 2008
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The Epiontic Principle, Time and the Laws of Physics Luigi Acerbi Nov 29, 2008
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Whither Time's Arrow? Gavin E Crooks Nov 29, 2008
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Time: The Anima of Being William C Hagen Nov 29, 2008
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Time and Quantum - Musings about the Quantized Nature of Becoming Chi Ming Hung Nov 29, 2008
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Time According to dano Daniel Joseph Kunau Nov 29, 2008
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Can we change the past by forgetting? Saibal Mitra Nov 29, 2008
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Measurement processes and cosmological emergence Marni Dee Sheppeard Nov 29, 2008
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Time and the Infinity Complex Nicholas Dombrovskis Nov 28, 2008
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Morphogenesis and dynamics of quantum state Peter Leifer Nov 28, 2008
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A Derivation of the Speed of Light Postulate Armin Nikkhah Shirazi Nov 28, 2008
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A Practical Experiment to Observe the Direction of Time. Kenneth M. Sasaki. Nov 28, 2008
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Time, Space and Matter in the Relational Blockworld: A New Approach to the Problems of Time Mark Stuckey Nov 28, 2008
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One time is not enough Petr Frish Nov 27, 2008
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Reality - an emerging representation of the world Martin A. Green Nov 27, 2008
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No Time for Quarks! Franklin Potter Nov 27, 2008
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The Theory of Time, Space and Gravitation Robert D. Sadykov Nov 27, 2008
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A Wild Guess On Time Martin Franz Traub Nov 27, 2008
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Time and Causality William R. Wharton Nov 26, 2008
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The Heuristic Significance of the Principle of General Relativity on the Nature of Time Chris J Clyde Nov 25, 2008
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Flowing with a Frozen River Cristinel Stoica Nov 25, 2008
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The Garden of Forking Paths: Time as an Expanding Labyrinth Paul Halpern Nov 24, 2008
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What if Time Really Exists? Sean Carroll Nov 23, 2008
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About Time Hsiung Chia Tze Nov 23, 2008
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Nature of Time in Physical Theories Suresh V Kamath Nov 21, 2008
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Testing Two-Dimensional Time Michael Alekseevich Popov Nov 21, 2008
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Lessons from the Block Universe Ken Wharton Nov 21, 2008
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Time: Arrow or Boomerang? Kenneth Bruce Lucas Nov 20, 2008
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Absolutely -The Nature of Time and Beyond? Stephen J Abrahams Nov 19, 2008
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On the comprehension of time in continuum mechanics Alexandre Paradis Nov 18, 2008
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TIME PARADOXES JOSE J CURIEL Nov 17, 2008
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Is there a physical mechanism responsible for what we perceive as time? Chris Kennedy Nov 17, 2008
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Emergent Time from Non-Associative Quantum Theory Jens Koeplinger Nov 17, 2008
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Nature Of Time Iacob Suteu Nov 17, 2008
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Time Traveling by Simuverses Venerando Solis Barrado Nov 16, 2008
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A Coherent Space-Time Model Derived From Principles of Electric Current Jerome Cantor Nov 15, 2008
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What Makes Time Special Craig Adam Callender Nov 14, 2008
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About the Nature of Time Pierre Sabatier Nov 14, 2008
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From time to timescape -- Einstein's unfinished revolution David L. Wiltshire Nov 14, 2008
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The Nature of Time: from a Timeless Hamiltonian Framework to Clock Time of Metrology Enrico Prati Nov 13, 2008
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Granular geometry of space-time as a result of Newtonian investgation strategy Yuri Rylov Nov 13, 2008
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On the Nature of Time - Or Why Does Nature Abhor Deadlocks? Christine Cordula Dantas Nov 12, 2008
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Fundamental Mechanics Keith Clemens Nov 11, 2008
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An Overview of the Nature of Time Brian Fraser Nov 9, 2008
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Clock boundary principle with respect to the role of time in laws of physics and its application to special relativity Srdjan Mijatovic Nov 9, 2008
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Informational Time Gunn Alex Quznetsov Nov 8, 2008
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daerengD Time Paradigm Brian Beverly Nov 6, 2008
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Time Travel using hole teleportation Constantin Zaharia Leshan Nov 5, 2008
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Constants of Nature, Dynamics of Time Michael A. Sherbon Nov 5, 2008
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Quantum Pseudokinematics Myke Stanbridge Nov 5, 2008
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Square Wheels Or Real Dynamics? François Xavier Le Rouge Nov 4, 2008
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The gravitation and thermodynamics Alexander Fedorovich Silin Nov 3, 2008
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Philosophical Quest for the Reality of Time Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra Nov 2, 2008
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Making Time With Pretty Girls and Hot Stoves Don Limuti Nov 2, 2008
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Stochastic Time and Temporal Non-locality Toru Ohira Oct 30, 2008
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The direction of time in quantum field theory Peter Morgan Oct 24, 2008
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This Time - What a Strange Turn of Events Philip Gibbs Oct 18, 2008
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Why Does Time “Flow” but Space Is? Answers in Evolution and Cognition Harry E. Foundalis Oct 15, 2008
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Instants, inertia and quantum motion Shan Gao Oct 14, 2008
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On the global existence of time Ettore Minguzzi Oct 13, 2008
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Some Thoughts on Time Matthew P. Kolasinski Oct 11, 2008
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Time counts. Thomas Howard Ray Oct 11, 2008
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Nature of Time Nainan K Varghese Oct 11, 2008
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A Mystic Dream of Four Douglas Bundy Oct 9, 2008
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Relations between Space-time, Gravity and Consciousness Amrit Srecko Sorli Oct 8, 2008
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Does time exist in quantum gravity? Claus Kiefer Oct 6, 2008
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The Nature of Time Christopher Randall Brown Oct 3, 2008
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About the Nature of Time Matti Juhani Pitkänen Oct 2, 2008
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The Physical Nature Of Time Paul N Butler Sep 30, 2008
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Block time: Why many physicists still don't accept it? Hrvoje Nikolic Sep 24, 2008
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The Here-and-Now Clinton Kyle Miller Sep 23, 2008
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Mysteries of the Universe- a perspective Narendra Nath Sep 18, 2008
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On the nature of Time Malcolm Macleod Sep 17, 2008
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Time in 3D Harrison Saunders Sep 12, 2008
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On the Origin of Time Rowan GRIGG Sep 10, 2008
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Time, Consciousness, and the Subjective Universe Daegene Song Sep 10, 2008
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Free will, undecidability, and the problem of time in quantum gravity Rodolfo Gambini Sep 9, 2008
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E8 Time Frank Dodd Smith Sep 5, 2008
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Density Operators and Time Carl A Brannen Sep 1, 2008
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Motivation for a Biophysical Metamathematics via Multiply Connected Phase Space Robert C Arnold Aug 26, 2008
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Ultimate Reality and Nonmaterial Origin Of Universe Prem Nath Tiwari Aug 24, 2008
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Time for a Change - The Instantaneous, Present and the Existence of Time Peter Lynds Aug 23, 2008
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Explaining Time John Brodix Merryman Aug 16, 2008
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Time as an Emergent Phenomenon: Traveling Back to the Heroic Age of Physics Elliot McGucken Aug 14, 2008
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"Forget time" Carlo Rovelli Aug 13, 2008
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Time Complementarity in the Inflaton Spacetime Model Richard P Dolan Aug 12, 2008
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Nature of time Ralf Hofmann Aug 12, 2008
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Nature of Time John Daniel Barrett Aug 6, 2008
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* = number of public votes fewer than 10