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What is (phenomenal) time?
The *feeling of time passing* is not the same as *physical time*.
Albert Einstein discovered that "Newtonian time" was a special case of physical time, since gravity, relativity, and the constancy of the speed of light entails that space, time, mass, and gravity are intimately connected. He, in a sense, discovered a generalization of our common-sense notion of physical time; a generalization which accounts for the effects of moving and accelerating frames of reference on the relative passage of time between observers. Physical time, it turns out, could manifest in many more (exotic) ways than was previously thought.
Likewise, we find that our everyday phenomenal time (i.e. the feeling of time passing) is a special case of a far more general set of possible time-like qualities of experience. In particular, in this video I discuss "exotic phenomenal time" experiences, which include oddities such as time-loops, moments of eternity, time branching, and time reversal. I then go on to explain these exotic phenomenal time experiences with a model we call the "pseudo-time arrow", which involves implicit causality in the network of sensations we experience on each "moment of experience". Thus we realize that phenomenal time is an incredibly general property! It turns out that we haven't even scratched the surface of what's possible here... it's about time we do so.
Further readings on this topic:
Original article about the pseudo-time arrow - qualiacomputing.com/2018/11/28/the-pseudo-time-arrow-explaining-phenomenal-time-with-implicit-causal-structures-in-networks-of-local-binding
*Detailed* presentation about the pseudo-time arrow given at Foresight Institute in 2020 - youtu.be/7Y035sTTIME
Modeling Psychedelic Tracers - qualiacomputing.com/2020/10/09/modeling-psychedelic-tracers-with-qris-psychophysics-toolkit-the-tracer-replication-tool
QRI's Tracer Replication Tool - psychophysics.qualiaresearchinstitute.org
LSD and Quantum Measurements: Can you see Schrödinger’s cat both dead and alive on acid? - qualiacomputing.com/2016/10/29/lsd-and-quantum-measurements-can-you-see-schrodingers-cat-both-dead-and-alive-on-acid
How to secretly communicate with people on LSD - qualiacomputing.com/2015/05/22/how-to-secretly-communicate-with-people-on-lsd
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - (Einstein's very own explanation of his theory) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity:_The_Special_and_the_General_Theory
A new way to visualize General Relativity - youtu.be/wrwgIjBUYVc
What is (phenomenal) time?
The *feeling of time passing* is not the same as *physical time*.
Albert Einstein discovered that "Newtonian time" was a special case of physical time, since gravity, relativity, and the constancy of the speed of light entails that space, time, mass, and gravity are intimately connected. He, in a sense, discovered a generalization of our common-sense notion of physical time; a generalization which accounts for the effects of moving and accelerating frames of reference on the relative passage of time between observers. Physical time, it turns out, could manifest in many more (exotic) ways than was previously thought.
Likewise, we find that our everyday phenomenal time (i.e. the feeling of time passing) is a special case of a far more general set of possible time-like qualities of experience. In particular, in this video I discuss "exotic phenomenal time" experiences, which include oddities such as time-loops, moments of eternity, time branching, and time reversal. I then go on to explain these exotic phenomenal time experiences with a model we call the "pseudo-time arrow", which involves implicit causality in the network of sensations we experience on each "moment of experience". Thus we realize that phenomenal time is an incredibly general property! It turns out that we haven't even scratched the surface of what's possible here... it's about time we do so.
Further readings on this topic:
Original article about the pseudo-time arrow - qualiacomputing.com/2018/11/28/the-pseudo-time-arrow-explaining-phenomenal-time-with-implicit-causal-structures-in-networks-of-local-binding
*Detailed* presentation about the pseudo-time arrow given at Foresight Institute in 2020 - youtu.be/7Y035sTTIME
Modeling Psychedelic Tracers - qualiacomputing.com/2020/10/09/modeling-psychedelic-tracers-with-qris-psychophysics-toolkit-the-tracer-replication-tool
QRI's Tracer Replication Tool - psychophysics.qualiaresearchinstitute.org
LSD and Quantum Measurements: Can you see Schrödinger’s cat both dead and alive on acid? - qualiacomputing.com/2016/10/29/lsd-and-quantum-measurements-can-you-see-schrodingers-cat-both-dead-and-alive-on-acid
How to secretly communicate with people on LSD - qualiacomputing.com/2015/05/22/how-to-secretly-communicate-with-people-on-lsd
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - (Einstein's very own explanation of his theory) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity:_The_Special_and_the_General_Theory
A new way to visualize General Relativity - youtu.be/wrwgIjBUYVc
