1. Metaphysical Time in Jorge Luis Borge's "Garden of Forking P
... us look to the driver of the second car. Upon seeing the light turn green, the driver eased off of the brake and gently accelerated into the intersection. Suddenly, the car was jolted by the collision. The driver of the second car later states, "It happened so fast. I have no idea how it happened." The second driver experienced those same seconds in the blink of an eye. Meanwhile, the witness on the sidewalk heard the screech of the first car's tires ... takes roughly eight minutes to reach Earth, thus the observer sees the event after it has happened. Likewise, if we witness the destru...
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