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Also, check out physicist Julian Barbour's notion that the universe is entirely static, and that our mind 'constructs' the illusion of time's arrow by orderings
by MisterOctober 8y ago
Also, check out physicist Julian Barbour's notion that the universe is entirely static, and that our mind 'constructs' the illusion of time's arrow by orderings its perception of a collection of configuration spaces he calls 'nows'
- kgwgk 8y agoFWIW, he’s the author of the article.
- MisterOctober 8y agoZoinks! that'll teach me not to comment before reading the article. Thanks for the heads up! It's interesting how, in the OP, Barbour doesn't use much of the language he leaned on for "The End of Time' [1999, the source of the ideas I was referring to]. Maybe couching his ideas in more normal language is helping him reach a wider audience, which is great. Side note : I once emailed Barbour with some question about his view of Machian dynamics, and he emailed me back a thoughtful and kind reply - helluva nice guy p.s. his "other" book, 'The Discovery of Dynamics' aka 'Absolute or Relative Motion?,' is also a great read
- p1esk 8y agoFYI, this article is based on his paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5167 https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5167
- feanaro 8y agoInteresting, but isn't perception still a dynamic process requiring time? Or, said differently, how can a completely static universe support an apparently "evolving" perception?
- bodi 8y agoThink of it like a map/reduce over rows in a database.