>I am now inclined to believe that time’s passage is an illusion. Since I strongly want time’s passage to be an illusion, I must be careful to avoid being misled. Why would he want that? Because it's philosophically elegant?

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Anonymous Tue Feb 7 21:22:25 2017 No.9076279 [Reply] [Original]

>I am now inclined to believe that time’s passage is an illusion. Since I strongly want time’s passage to be an illusion, I must be careful to avoid being misled.
Why would he want that? Because it's philosophically elegant?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 21:23:49 2017 No.9076285 Confirmation bias much?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 21:27:08 2017 No.9076300 >>9076279 No good reason. The perennial confusion of time with tense.

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