On 23 January 2014 19:39, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/22/2014 10:33 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 23 January 2014 08:22, Stephen Paul King > <[email protected]>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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
