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You would need memory as well. Without memory you wouldn't be able to detect change over time, and hence not the existence of time. And without that you can't h
by magicalhippo 2y ago
You would need memory as well. Without memory you wouldn't be able to detect change over time, and hence not the existence of time. And without that you can't have awareness (as I understand the word).
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoIndeed. And the direction of memory is one of the things that determines the arrow of time, perhaps the most important one.
- BLKNSLVR 2y agoIf I remembered tomorrow yesterday, then today exists to make it true.
- leptons 2y agoMeasurement, awareness, and memory, are not required for time to exist. These are all things that make observation possible, but time could still exist even if the universe were just a fog of loose atoms bouncing around with no self awareness.
- magicalhippo 2y agoOf course. I was just trying to point out time is a necessary but not sufficient condition for awareness.
- mr_toad 2y agoThe past light cone of an object constrains what past events can affect an object regardless of whether the object has awareness of not. So you don’t need memory to experience time, even if you need memory to understand it.
- thunderbong 2y agoThat's a very interesting point. I had never considered it. I have always conflated the perception of change with change itself. What you wrote was quite profound to me! Thanks.