Complex Numbers

The Ideas of March

Oh, wait, that's supposed to be "Ides," not "Ideas."

Here's the thing: I've been up way longer than usual at the moment; I've had a couple of beers, and I've been busy doing stuff all day. So I'm a little burned out.

I pick articles at random to feature here. As luck would have it, just now, my usually friendly random number generator had a good laugh at my expense, and came up with this ponderous pondering:

The mathematics of mind-time  
The special trick of consciousness is being able to project action and time into a range of possible futures

By the way: If you're put off by the word "mathematics," don't be; there's not a single equation in the article. As far as I can tell, it could just as well have been titled "The philosophy of mind-time."

This was fascinating when I first found it, for some reason, and it continued to stretch my brain today. The only problem is, today, my brain is already stretched as far as it can get right now.

So... I'm just going to leave this here. I hope someone else will be interested. I neither agree nor disagree with the article, incidentally; I just like the way the author presents their case. This stuff is seriously above my pay grade, but at the moment I can't even think of ways to riff off of it for humorous effect.

Yeah... I know... I'm cheating today. I'll give myself this one. Hopefully, I won't make a habit of it.

I'm going to go turn off my consciousness now. Tomorrow we'll see if I can make jokes, or at least be coherent.