FaustTheBird t1_j0men4q wrote on December 17, 2022 at 7:44 PM

Time is both. An arrow and a circle. From the perspective of the present, time is an arrow moving forward. From a birds-eye view, time is a circle going around and around. From a holistic perspective, time is a spiral progressing ever forward in the same circular pattern but never retreading its path.

PulsatingShadow t1_j0mvzqn wrote on December 17, 2022 at 9:47 PM

Or just like for a car to move forward, it must depend on spinning wheels and the cycles of the engine. Can't have a hyperbola without the torus. Ones and Zeroes, we need them both.