So what's your point? You're being particularly obtuse today.
Higgo James wrote:
>
> 'Psychological time' is a concept of time, part of your current psychology.
> Occam would disapprove of assuming that psychological events are real
> events; assuming a hard, physical world when there is no need for one.
>
> The simplest possible explanation for 'you' is: everything exsists,
> therefore this current thought exisits.
>
> It makes no sense to speak of an objective 'you' - it's as fatuous as
> pointing at a square piece of pastry, saying 'there's a fish!' and cutting a
> fish shape out of the square to prove it.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Russell Standish [SMTP:R.Standish.domain.name.hidden]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 03 May, 2000 1:25 AM
> > To: james.higgo.domain.name.hidden
> > Cc: R.Standish.domain.name.hidden; everything-list.domain.name.hidden.com
> > Subject: Re: this very moment
> >
> > There needs to be psychological time in which to unravel the history
> > embedded in a single observer moment. Once one has psychological time,
> > one may as well go the whole hog and have a complete history, with an
> > infinite number of observer moments.
> >
> > Its an Occam thing. Nothing rules out a "Groundhog Day" type of
> > effect, where we endlessly keep playing back a small piece of history
> > (eg 1 day, or even 10 seconds if you like), however I suspect this is
> > a more complicated explanation (therefore of smaller measure) than
> > just assuming that we live our whole lives.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Higgo James wrote:
> > >
> > > Would someone please give me a reason why there needs to be anything
> > more to
> > > the observer than 'this very conscious moment' ?
> > > James
> > > >
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