Now, that is losing track of time!

From the source article, via Digg:

“One finds that time just disappears from the Wheeler-DeWitt equation,” says Carlo Rovelli, a physicist at the University of the Mediterranean in Marseille, France. “It is an issue that many theorists have puzzled about. It may be that the best way to think about quantum reality is to give up the notion of time—that the fundamental description of the universe must be timeless.”

Isn’t it amazing how things you have absolutely nothing to contribute to can titillate your interest to no end? The above article, and countless related references, are perfect examples of a subject I’m going to get lost into for the next few hours, just clicking away until it all sinks in. Simply fascinating.