On 23 January 2014 19:39, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 1/22/2014 10:33 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 23 January 2014 08:22, Stephen Paul King > <stephe...@provensecure.com>wrote: > >> >> We need the Becoming that is implicit in the "moving flashlight", at >> least to give us a window of finite duration in time (and bits/space) to >> have a memory of "what I used to be" that can be compared to "what I >> experience now". >> >>> > According to JA Wheeler we only need enough duration at any given > instant to measure one bit. But in any case, all that is happening in your > brain is happening right now. I suspect there is an illusion of an > "extended present" being created, one pigeonhole at a time (let me check > with Dan Dennett... yes, looks like there is :) > > > But why "illusion"? If we're taking consciousness as fundamental then we > should take the "extended present" as part of it; and in that case the > extension allows them to overlap and hence provide a time dimension. >
This comment was made in the context of a block universe. > > If we're not taking consciousness as fundamental then we need to explain > the "extended present". > > Hence the reference to it being an illusion. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
