<DIV>Hi Heartland,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the Time disagreement between us is due to poor representation on my part. The roughly 10^29 Planck Intervals that elapse between any two neuronal discharges is *not* a "static snapshot", it *is* Time - "in motion". 10^29 Planck Intervals could be represented just as validly as a tiny fraction of 1 Second, a tiny fraction of 1 Hour, or a tiny fraction of 1 Million Years - it makes no difference, the value is the same. The only time frame that actually represents a "snapshot" is that which is shorter than a *single* Planck Interval - and this interval is not applicable in our universe.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Wishes,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeffrey Herrlich <BR><BR><B><I>Heartland <velvet977@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">> Before I continue
with the technical aspects of this debate, I would like to <BR>> make a proposal. I think it would be ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING AND REWARDING to <BR>> attempt a formal philosophical thesis paper, based on the premise that I just <BR>> suggested: That "we" are constantly dieing, and our entire subjective life is <BR>> only a "copy's illusion" (to use Heartland's perfect phrase).<BR><BR>Thanks Jeffrey, but we are not constantly dying. Any process, including life, needs <BR>time to exist so it would be wrong to view the whole argument from t=0 perspective. <BR>If t=0, then what you are saying would definitely be true, but t>0. Life is not <BR>3-dimensional. Life, a process, is made up of processes that exist not only in 3D <BR>but also in time.<BR><BR>Just because I'm not able to say, "I think, therefore I am" during 10^29 Planck <BR>Intervals doesn't mean my mind process stopped execution at that moment so that I <BR>am unable to say the same sentence in the next
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