is it possible to separate perception of time from perception of a change in sensory input
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is time-sense "just" a constant comparison of current sensory data with the short-term memory of past sensory data
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assumption: things (teeny particles or whatever) are "always" moving relative to one another impressions of static-ness is illusory, and/or the "intervals" between each similar "piece" in a stream of sensory data are too smol to detect with the eyeballs i have
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how wrong is that assumption? if it isn't *that* wrong...why is it easier to detect the non-static quality of other sensory input? why does visual input feel different? is this an individual thing, are there some people for whom tactile sensations are less "rhythmic..."
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...and more "stable," such that attending to the feeling of lying down on the floor wouldn't make the passage of time more salient? does any of this make sense would i be better at talking about it if I learned more physics
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are there people who can look at a highly stable light source and detect some quality about it that makes the passage of time more salient?
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oh fuck, measurement is a *hard problem* science is a *hard problem*
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kinda wanna cry rn because all I wanted when I was a little kid was to ask questions like these and talk about them with people
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@eigenrobot grabbed me from the other room so the baby can listen to a lovely album and I just feel so much love rn2 replies 0 retweets 20 likesShow this thread
heartwarming!
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