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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 22 September 2010 09:57:07AM 0 points [-]

"T-x"?

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 22 September 2010 10:02:21AM *  0 points [-]

' T ' means the current, or relevant, specific time. I expected ' T-x ' to be understood as 'at some point in the past, compared to the specific moment in which the consciousnesses you're contemplating exist' - x seconds in the past, to be specific.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 22 September 2010 11:35:56AM 0 points [-]

That does make sense. I had interpreted the "-" as a minus sign, and the only thing Google gave me was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-X