Stuff To Blow Your Mind This Present Moment: Philosophy & Neuroscience
Dec 7, 2017
Dive into the enigma of the present moment, where time feels both real and elusive. Discover how relativity challenges the idea of a universal now, and explore philosophical frameworks spanning from fatalism to presentism. The discussion of how schizophrenia could stem from timing errors adds a fascinating psychological twist. Learn how our perception of time is shaped by memory, anticipation, and even novel experiences, with insights from brain research that challenge our intuitive understanding of reality.
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Psychological Power Of The Present
- We experience a powerful sense of the present despite physics denying a universal now.
- Our actionable agency seems tied to perception, memory, and anticipation rather than an objective present.
Competing Theories Of Existence Over Time
- Presentism holds only the present exists, denying reality to past and future entities.
- Eternalism counters by treating past and future events as equally existent parts of spacetime.
Memory Shapes Temporal Experience
- Loss of episodic memory anchors sufferers fully in the immediate present.
- Patient K.C. lived happily yet without autobiographical continuity or future imagination.
