Hey, is he intruding on my territory? ;-)
An excellent article about many aspects of time, how we perceive it and what it means to us.
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It's neat how he ends with the following
Is evolution progressive?
Well, I may not be a physicist but I am an evolutionary biologist, and you had better not get me started on that fascinating question.
I doubt very much he would mean to imply that evolution has a goal or pre-specified direction. At least, he wouldn't suggest such a thing nowadays.