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Re:Humans Who See Time (2010) by qu4z-2 on Monday June 13, 2016 @01:12AM (#11891839)
> What's actually periodical and wraps around is only the names we give to certain lengths of time

Seasons are somewhat cyclic, to be fair. Centuries are pretty arbitrary though.

> Spiral visually implies years getting bigger or shorter which they don't.

Proper spirals imply a size change, but I suspect GP meant the shape more properly called "helix".

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