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Article 6926 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Sense of time (was Re: Consiousness)
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Date: 15 Sep 92 18:32:36 GMT
References: <1992Aug24.095016.3313@otago.ac.nz> <1992Aug25.122721.20724@bony1.bony.com> <1992Aug26.000119.10596@unocal.com>
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In article <1992Aug26.000119.10596@unocal.com> stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini) writes:
>A related myth is that because Chinese doesn't have verb tenses (they actually
>do have a few) they cant express time.  I can think in Chinese and the sense
>of time is as clear as English.

But you also know English.  Your thinking in Chinese may therefore
be contaminated.


