The Future Is Here

[DesertRatt]

Life, death and time.

This 15-minute video about Feynman's insights of time is JUST FRICKIN' INCREDIBLE!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1983068305885985

 

[onwardjames]

Feynman is always interesting. Big fan of his ideas on what fire is, how he describes such a concept. Amazing mind, that one.

 

[DesertRatt]

Feynman is always interesting. Big fan of his ideas on what fire is, how he describes such a concept. Amazing mind, that one.

My favorite thought from that video was his claim that by age 30 we're have lived 70% of our life ---based on stored memories.

 

[onwardjames]

Maybe. I won't know for sure until I see what dead is like.

Mark Twain once said, "I was dead for billions of years before I was born, and it didn't bother me one whit."
Always liked that thought.

My favorite thought from that video was his claim that by age 30 we're have lived 70% of our life ---based on stored memories.

Crap, then, I think my stored memories might be running into overtime.

I'm really uncertain if the human brain really was built to cope with the concept of time.

 

[old_tv_nut]

My favorite thought from that video was his claim that by age 30 we're have lived 70% of our life ---based on stored memories.

Plus, what you remember is not always exactly what happened.

 

[DesertRatt]

Plus, what you remember is not always exactly what happened.

So true. There are events in my childhood that have been discussed a million times with my siblings. And because of those discussions over decades, I'm now uncertain whether I actually remember the event on my own OR I'm just remembering what I was told about the event.

 

[onwardjames]

So true. There are events in my childhood that have been discussed a million times with my siblings. And because of those discussions over decades, I'm now uncertain whether I actually remember the event on my own OR I'm just remembering what I was told about the event.

There are dozens of studies on this, it is so very true. I think we all have those memories, even more odd when a mutual friend interjects themself into an old story and you're thinking, "Dude, you weren't even there."

Memories are like records played with too heavy a weight. Each time, the story grows a little thinner, becomes worn and disfigured and altered.

Storytelling is not to be confused with record keeping.