Lost in Space

Abstract

Introduction:  Flying several miles above ground for several thousand miles gives one pause for reflection.  "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today, sir," says one of the children in Peanuts.  "It's already tomorrow in Australia."  Enroute to Taipei, I suspected that travelling halfway around the world to participate in the 3rd International Conference Philosophy for Children would stand me on my head.  I was right.  I knew before I left that half of today in Taipei is somehow concurrent with half of yesterday in Kalamazoo.  So my head was already spinning a bit as my plane traversed time zone after time zone, making today earlier and earlier until, suddenly--it was tomorrow.