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question:is-there-a-new-concept-of-time-that-comes-into-being-with-the-origin-development-of-lifeIs there a new concept of time that comes into being with the origin/development of life?
Central organizing question of §2, motivating the natural time/representational time distinction.
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extracted_from(2026) · Samson Abramsky · Wolfgang Banzhaf · Leo S. D. Caves · Michael Levin +4
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- A new kind of time with past/present/future that co-originates with life, enabling memory, anticipation and learning.
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