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“The illusion of the passage of time arises from the confusing of the given with the real. Passage of time arises because we think of occupying different realit
by vbuwivbiu 9y ago
“The illusion of the passage of time arises from the confusing of the given with the real. Passage of time arises because we think of occupying different realities. In fact, we occupy only different givens. There is only one reality.”
Is he saying that our brains exist over all time simultaneously but they "give" us a sequence of instants from which we perceive the illusion of passage of time ?
- gfody 9y agohe's not making a statement about brains, more the nature of reality. it's a perspective that's gaining traction lately with the dataist/reality-is-information line of reasoning.
- vbuwivbiu 9y agoah he's distinguishing between ontology and epistemology ? He's saying there's only one reality but our instantaneous measurements of it (the given - what we perceive with our brains) form the illusion of time
- DonbunEf7 9y agoLet go of your brain. We can perceive this moment in time, right now. We can also perceive moments in time which are not right now. To do this, use your imagination and explore your memories or fantasies. Therefore, there are many moments in time. However, it seems like only one moment in time is experienced simultaneously; this is the illusion.
- k__ 9y agoThis doesn't male much sense to me. Isn't the memory (1) just a record of some other moments with our senses and not the real moments and (2)often false?
- catawbasam 9y agoMemory is not just of senses, for example we remember our thoughts. Our understanding of the current moment is also (in part) a record of our senses, and is also often false.