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mvcs@gramercy.ios.com (Jeff Baldwin) wrote:

>Given: Life/conciousness/mind is nothing more than chemical reactions.
>Then:
>1) Why/how did/does subjective perception "come to be"?
I dunno, but I like it. Beats the alternative.

>2) If mind and all its attributes are mere checmical reactions with
>deterministic, material (and therefore objective) origin, then why
>does subjective perception at times differ (and markedly so) from
>objective reality?

Why does it seem as though  Time  as perceived subjectively varies in
inverse proportion to the amount of time previously experienced by
that consciousness?
WeI measure time subjectively as a fraction of all the time we have
previously experienced. That's why it seems like a short time ago
since I moved into my new apartment (and it's been 4 months; and it's
already Christmas time!) As we get older, each month seems shorter,
etc.  When I was 6 years old, summer seemed to last forever.

Can you imagine how this effect will play itself out in the distant
future when people will have conquered old age and disease? How long
will a month seem to someone who is 50,000 years old?

>3) Why does "the subjective" (in humans only?) strive to "objectify"
>itself?

I dunno, but it's an interesting subject. This reminds of author Tom
Robbins' conceit; he wondered how the human brain could ever be
objective when speaking of itself.

Randy

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