The Deceptive Nature of Memory
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There is no "past," "present" or "future"! What is really happening is that we are constantly undergoing "a change of condition." Apparently we are "being deceived" by those "impressions of the previous conditions" that have remained imprinted as our memories.
“The Deceptive Nature of Memory” [“The Deceptive Memory”] -Third edition-
Surely it is everybody’s belief that the
Is it true that at the present what we always
The Concept of Time Simplified
To answer these questions, it is indispensable that we
In conformity with the further improvements they achieved
What Do We Mean by “To Experience”?
Considering the fact that we are consistently
But let’s now examine the limitations of the existing
The phrase “to experience” in this article denotes a
Let’s now see how this word “to experience” relates to
The Anomalies
1. We always experience the past condition of our
When we look up at the sky, especially at night, the
2. Man feels that he always exists at “the
It is said that because we are here as a form of
It is only because we are constantly experiencing
It is an irony though that while on the one hand we are
Concerning “the Past”
Is it possible that we have all this time had a mistaken
The “Future”
Is it true that what man calls the “future” is but a mere
Denying all the premises proposed above would not only
The Ancient Men with Their “Past” and Their “Future”
Everything must have its origin. Now, how did those
Thus, whenever afternoon came, he would say, “we have
Because every change of time scale resulting from the
To put it another way: Correspondent to the movement of
Although he knows quite well that the use of time scales
What seems to complicate matters is the fact that apart
A look back at the way the ancient people, by their
Below is a simple explanation that may be worth
Imagine that you have one hundred marbles with you. Now,
If every line is made up of a row of dots, all these dots
The example of the marbles above may serve to represent
As is the case of the circle illustrated above, which, by
If you think this explanation sounds too difficult for
Suppose, for instance, that at this very moment, there on
In short, the moment the brain is in a condition in which
Remembering the past is no more than just the moment’s
The Time Span of “the Present”
In the light of all this, Albert Einstein’s words, as
The fact that we have now and then been expressing the
Apparently, as far as time is concerned, there are only
Now that we have come this far, what is your opinion of
Conclusion
Finally, after a thorough reflection on all the above
The essence of the whole issue lies in the presence of
It is only because man is destined to have memory that
That our brains keep receiving the various impressions of
The Dilemmatic Problem
It simply doesn’t make sense if one should say that those
This could be either that the writer refrains from
not to mention the many advantages and disadvantages that
Besides, now that we have been using the word “time” with
Remember the case when we first began to realize the fact
We could, of course, do the same thing here too: While we
Obviously a similar case will recur here, but with our
Perhaps this is the most difficult moment for the world
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