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What Time Is It When You Try to Pass Through “A Wrinkle in Time”?
- jsjohnst 9y agoOne of my favorite fiction book series as a kid.
- zafka 9y agoI still fondly remember this book, along with "Stranger from the Depths" as two of the best books I read as a kid.
- hateful 9y agoOne of my favorites also.
- DinosaurArms 9y agoIt was on a top 100 list a few years back that I started working my way through. I really disliked the book having not read or even heard of it as a kid. It seems that it is generally well liked, so I'm not sure what didn't connect with me.
- brianberns 9y agoThis was one of my favorite books growing up, but the linked article is iffy at best. Author doesn't understand the difference between quantum mechanics and general relativity, which should be a nonstarter on HN. Would love to have a better article as a starting point for discussion of this book here.
- throwaway91111 9y agoI don't even think quantum mechanics come into play at the mitochondrial level in Wind In The Door.
- brianberns 9y agoI agree. I think there is a scene in Wrinkle where Meg uses the fact that atoms are mostly empty space to pass through a solid wall. However, this is really more of a classical view of atomic structure (atoms as hollow balls), rather than QM.
- a_e_k 9y ago"The Transparent Column"
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- ktRolster 9y agoGood article. I have to say, after reading it, I still don't understand the difference between chronos and kairos
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- dwringer 9y agoI feel the same way you do about how the article explained the concepts. I found what seems like a fuller explanation of a conceptualization of Kairos here [1] - even if it may not be the most transparent: [1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01253421 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01253421
- dreamcompiler 9y agoThe description of kairos in the article reminded me of what's now commonly called a flow state. Not sure if it's exactly the same idea or not. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
- dwringer 9y agoI think the concept of "flow" as it relates to Kairos is best described by the classic song, "Row, row, row your boat".
- randcraw 9y agoIt seems like kairos is like Csikszentmihalyi's flow. It's time that passes while you are engaged, active, purposeful -- living rather than waiting. Perhaps without a willing participant, there can be no kairos; there is only chronos? Great book, BTW. The most memorable from my childhood.
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- JohnJamesRambo 9y agoThis book had such a profound influence on my life and young mind. It basically formed a lot of the values I have and ideas about what is right and what is wrong.