rate of expansion of the universe which also increased the estimate of its age from 2 billion to 4 billion years, about 10 billion years short of current estimates. And, at about the same time, The Urantia Book appeared on the bookshelves speaking of colliding black holes and continuous creation!!

   In 1998, it all seems plausible. One reason that Section 8 of Paper 15 makes it among my "Favorite Places" is that I am old enough to remember the 1930-1960 period and, as with my elderly brother and sister Alzheimer and dementia patients, can comfortably drop back mentally to earlier times. And in this mental state, I can look at Section 8 of Paper 15 in utter awe, wonderment, and gratitude.

Ken Glasziou

References.

Davies, Christine, "Let's Play Quantum Chess." New Scientist 158 (2137) 1998
Disney, M. "A New Look at Quasars." Scientific American, 278 (6) 1998
Thorne, K. "Black Holes and Time Warps." (W.W. Norton, London, 1994)

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