I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
Category: On time
A Deep Dive into: Time [pt.3]: The Philosophy of David Eagleman – How to slow down timeA Deep Dive into: Time [pt.3]: The Philosophy of David Eagleman – How to slow down time
The days of thinking of time as a river—evenly flowing, always advancing—are over. Time perception, just like vision, is a construction of the brain and is shockingly easy to manipulate
Missing the point? + A Deep Dive into: Time [pt.2] – Schopenhauer’s idea that the past, future NOR the present can be enjoyed assumes that the past, present and future are actually things.Missing the point? + A Deep Dive into: Time [pt.2] – Schopenhauer’s idea that the past, future NOR the present can be enjoyed assumes that the past, present and future are actually things.
Time is that by virtue of which everything becomes nothingness in our hands and loses all real value. Just because my dog Chunky gets excited when I come home doesn’t
A Deep Dive into: Time – What is it?A Deep Dive into: Time – What is it?
Sidenote: Try to answer this question without mentioning any mathematical temporal intervals to measure duration, like ‘Years/weeks/minutes/seconds etc…’ What is time? (Okay, go…)
Hypothetical: If you could choose between dying peacefully (and unaware) during your sleep, or die FULLY AWARE, but have ONE SECOND after your heart stops (and before your brain shuts down) where you could see the universe’s entire past and future and understand every single thing in the universe ever (alas Lucy in yep ‘Lucy’), which would you choose? & The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.4]Hypothetical: If you could choose between dying peacefully (and unaware) during your sleep, or die FULLY AWARE, but have ONE SECOND after your heart stops (and before your brain shuts down) where you could see the universe’s entire past and future and understand every single thing in the universe ever (alas Lucy in yep ‘Lucy’), which would you choose? & The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.4]
There’s one thing, just one, that is impossible to ever know about. One thing that no one can ever experience and tell us about, for us to know, for a
The concept of time in years, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds doesn’t exist. Is it possible time moves forward, but doesn’t LAST for any amount of time at all?The concept of time in years, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds doesn’t exist. Is it possible time moves forward, but doesn’t LAST for any amount of time at all?
Think about the last 5 minutes. What did you do? How do those five minutes feel now? Now think back to a period of your life that lasted years. School.
Time is unity – The Philosophy of Lucy [pt.3]Time is unity – The Philosophy of Lucy [pt.3]
Here’s The philosophy of Lucy part 1 and part 2 –—– We are all connected in some way. Every single living organism. And every single thing before the first living organism.
What is ‘success’? How much of your time is in your control? – The philosophy of: CGP Grey, Apollodorus in Plato’s The Symposium, The Onion, a former student of mine, and I guess mine too.What is ‘success’? How much of your time is in your control? – The philosophy of: CGP Grey, Apollodorus in Plato’s The Symposium, The Onion, a former student of mine, and I guess mine too.
What do you consider ‘success’? The way that it’s treated by seemingly the majority of the world is: money, fame, recognition, financial assets or some bullshit ass cocktail of the
Dust. Wind. Dude. – The Philosoph(izing) of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore Logan [pt.3]Dust. Wind. Dude. – The Philosoph(izing) of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore Logan [pt.3]
Throughout the ages, wisdom hasn’t changed. We were the exact same species one hundred, five hundred, two thousand and 5 thousand years ago. We still all live and we die
There’s ONE way that time travel is possible. And it’s happening every moment, so go with it – The philosophy of: Billy the Kid (in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)There’s ONE way that time travel is possible. And it’s happening every moment, so go with it – The philosophy of: Billy the Kid (in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)
So time travel (backwards) is a toughie… and one of the reasons is this… But you are always time travelling. Into the future. Just now, your past 3 seconds ago
Why Time travel (at least backwards) is not possible – The Philosophy of: minutephysics and the Grandfather ParadoxWhy Time travel (at least backwards) is not possible – The Philosophy of: minutephysics and the Grandfather Paradox
Time travel’s a tough nelly. And largely because Time only goes in one direction. And maybe that’s enough to prove that traveling backwards in it is not possible. Well, this
The philosophy of: my microwave and oven after a blackout last night, my favourite time (who-gives-a-fuck o’clock) & another student of mine inspires meThe philosophy of: my microwave and oven after a blackout last night, my favourite time (who-gives-a-fuck o’clock) & another student of mine inspires me
There was a blackout where I live last night. Which was excellent for 2 reasons –one, because a blackout limits your options of what you can do (and I’m pretty
How do you know you’re not dreaming right now?How do you know you’re not dreaming right now?
When you dream at night, does it sometimes feel real? So real that you feel anxiety, worry, fear, jealousy, love, happiness and even pain in it? And if time is
If you managed to survive okay without something or someone before they came into your life, you can live without it after it’s goneIf you managed to survive okay without something or someone before they came into your life, you can live without it after it’s gone
What’s the most important thing or person/people/animal in your life? At some point they came into your life, right? But before that, you were fine living without them, so it’s realistic that you
The philosophy of: Chunky pt.8 – Though the past has shaped you, the only time that actually matters is this moment right nowThe philosophy of: Chunky pt.8 – Though the past has shaped you, the only time that actually matters is this moment right now
This is Chunky. And Chunky could give a fuck about the past or the future. All that he gives a shit about is RIGHT NOW. Though his past behaviours, training
There’s only one thing that’s permanent, one thing that lasts forever [Another student of mine inspires me]There’s only one thing that’s permanent, one thing that lasts forever [Another student of mine inspires me]
I love death. But not because it’s cool and I want to do it, but because acknowledging the fact it’s 100000000% going to happen to all of us, teaches us how to
Are you worried about something? Don’t worry, in 5 billion years, the sun is going to collapse in on it self and engulf the entire earth.Are you worried about something? Don’t worry, in 5 billion years, the sun is going to collapse in on it self and engulf the entire earth.
Any problems you have, any stress or worries are really nothing in the context of the universe. In 100 years, what you’re worried about now won’t matter at all. And
The philosophy of: Gang of Youths ‘Go Farther in Lightness’ pt.5 – The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest ShadowsThe philosophy of: Gang of Youths ‘Go Farther in Lightness’ pt.5 – The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows
There’s a sky full of lights and none of them stars But each white, silvery flicker’s a faithful reminder to us, Of a weight that’s in youth that makes a
The philosophy of: one of my students – Life isn’t like Benjamin ButtonThe philosophy of: one of my students – Life isn’t like Benjamin Button
Time goes in one way. Never in history has it gone backwards (except this one time, at 1:10). Yet, from the second you are born, the only thing that is
Missing the point: Statues – Why does this one of Marcus Aurelius even exist?Missing the point: Statues – Why does this one of Marcus Aurelius even exist?
Of Fame. Take a look at the minds of her suitors, their ambitions and their aversions. Furthermore, reflect how speedily in this life the things of today are buried under