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Re: [OPE-L] Buying time?



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> No doubt you would object though, that what is bought and sold is not the
> elusive quality of time as such. I guess that was what the programme was
> referring to. I was told once that strictly speaking time does not exist
> for the human brain at all - the mind constructs the awareness of the
> passing of  time using spatial or kinesthetic referents.

Hi Jurriaan,

Yes, that's what I meant.  Time, as such, can't be bought and sold.

Turning to another dimension:  is _space_ itself sold or is it rather a
legal claim and title to use space which is sold?  Does it make a
difference?

In solidarity, Jerry



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