"Time is not a primary category, and the asymmetry of time between past and future is not a primary category in the description of nature. It is secondary and derived."
— Time

January 1, 1970

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John Wheeler, as quoted by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, and Wojciech H. Zurek in: "John Wheeler, relativity, and quantum information." Physics Today 62, no. 4 (April 2009): 40–46 (quote from p. 44)