Episode 7: Time’s Arrow

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This month, guest essayist Scott Lough concludes his exploration of time’s strange behavior, this time focusing on how early human societies understood and measured it.
Guest essay - Scott Lough, “The Weirdness of Time” (part 2)

for further reading:

Abel, K. Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History. [...]

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Episode 6: Uncommon Sense

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This episode explores two cases when we have realized that what we thought was common sense - well - wasn’t.
Guest essay - Scott Lough, “The Weirdness of Time” (part 1)

for further reading:

Anthony Aveni, Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures (UP of Colorado, 2002).

Scott [...]

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