On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:49:19AM -0700, Heather Madrone wrote: > I had an experience of the illusoriness of time when I was 18 that has > stuck with me. Whatever time might be, if it has any sort of existence
You suggest that first-person experiences, especially vivid ones, are particularly convincing as a reliable source of knowledge. They are not; it is trivial to reliably reproduce personally very convincing experiences by way of hallucinogens. Including that time is illusory, the sense of identity of with the universe and similar advanced entertainment. Disney on steroids, nothing else. > outside of the human construction of it, it's not in the cardboard box > we label "Time." -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
