ABSTRACT
Thespace-timecontinuumofgeneralrelativity(perhapsevenmoreso thanthatofspecialrelativity)hassometimesbeeninterpretedasaspace,a geometry,thatincorporatestime.Objective,physicaltimehasbeensaidto beassimilatedtothespacecoordinates.Togetherwiththese,itdisplays thewholecontentandhistoryoftheuniverseatonce,asitwere.Itforms, asHermannWeylputsit,63
afour-dimensionalworldinwhichspaceandtimearelinked togetherindissolubly....[Itisonlyour}consciousnessthat passesoninoneportionofthisworld[and}experiencesthe... piecewhichcomestomeetitandpassesbehindit,ashistory,that isasaprocessthatisgoingforwardintime.
