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From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: "Godel, Escher, Bach ..." by Douglas R. Hofstadter, figure 18
Summary: World enough, and time.
Keywords: Infinity, Time, Mindspace
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Date: 30 Oct 88 14:24:19 GMT
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In article <446@soleil.UUCP> peru@soleil.UUCP (Dave Peru) writes:
> Today's mind aerobic:  Is there any real difference between the words
>                        TIME and INFINITY?

Time is God's way of seeing to it that everthing doesn't happen at once.

Infinity is the smallest convex space containing all possible events.

--Barry Kort

"This discussion group will either drive you crazy or it will
drive you sane.  (Your choice.)"