Comments on: JogLog 2.0: Stop. Watch. http://curio.edublogs.org/2009/06/22/joglog-20-stop-watch/ the spirit of inquiry (perhaps too often) justified Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:18:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: jmtz http://curio.edublogs.org/2009/06/22/joglog-20-stop-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-33 jmtz Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:44:41 +0000 http://curio.edublogs.org/?p=47#comment-33 I think "time as illusion" was my favorite daydream as a child. It allowed me to escape self-induced guilt when I, hidden behind the basement dryer (sorry mother!), would read all day long in the shadows... It's humbling to realize how much of our "experiences" are simply a construct or accommodation, eh? It's no surprise then that we ourselves are drawn to construct our own ways of perceiving reality. I think “time as illusion” was my favorite daydream as a child. It allowed me to escape self-induced guilt when I, hidden behind the basement dryer (sorry mother!), would read all day long in the shadows…

It’s humbling to realize how much of our “experiences” are simply a construct or accommodation, eh? It’s no surprise then that we ourselves are drawn to construct our own ways of perceiving reality.

]]> By: Jeff http://curio.edublogs.org/2009/06/22/joglog-20-stop-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Jeff Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:04:58 +0000 http://curio.edublogs.org/?p=47#comment-32 If we consider time from the standpoint of physics, we would conclude time is just another dimension of the universe, like space. Time might be an illusion: there are many people I will never know because we are separated by time, but are these strangers any less real than those I will never know because we are separated by geography? How should that affect my decisions? As to your point about a well-spent life, there is some evidence to suggest we over-invest in goods relative to experiences--or the material relative to non-matieral, if you like. http://dynamist.com/articles-speeches/nyt/experience.html If we consider time from the standpoint of physics, we would conclude time is just another dimension of the universe, like space. Time might be an illusion: there are many people I will never know because we are separated by time, but are these strangers any less real than those I will never know because we are separated by geography? How should that affect my decisions?

As to your point about a well-spent life, there is some evidence to suggest we over-invest in goods relative to experiences–or the material relative to non-matieral, if you like.

http://dynamist.com/articles-speeches/nyt/experience.html

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