Abstract
In discussing his proposal that everything is a conglomerate of answers to yes-no questions—that all of it derives from discrete bits—John Wheeler noted that the physical concept that puts up the greatest resistance to being relegated, in the final analysis, to a world of discrete informational bits, is time. But the concept of time in physics is a mess. This is discussed in detail, and a potential resolution is suggested which clarifies present issues. However, rather than leading to a realisation of Wheeler's dream, time's resistance is only strengthened by a clearer idea of its function in modern physics.
Daryl Janzen