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Welcome to the Infinite Monkey Cage extended special edition

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That was special.

That was said with real Hutzpah, wasn't it, eh?

Well it's very special because it's a special,

it's our top ten moments because we're celebrating the hundredth episode.

We're looking back over, what is it, 2009, was it?

Yeah, looking back 2009.

Or what it's me though is if this is meant to be a trip down memory lane,

but you recently were telling me about the block universe and the nature of time.

So can we actually take a trip down memory lane?

Well if you, memory lane is referring to your world line.

Right.

Then no.

Right.

Okay, so we're not going to be taking down a trip down memory lane.

Actually, you can't take a trip down memory lane anyway.

I mean, all, I would say any theory of space time, certainly Einstein's,

but any future theory of space time will prevent trips down memory lane.

Because all theories of space time, I think, whatever they may be, will be causal.

I mean, if you could walk down memory lane, that implies going back in time.

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