Werner Heisenberg gets stopped for speeding. The police officer asks him, “Do you know how fast you were going?” Heisenberg replies, “No, but at least I know where I am.”
The lad has a point. It seems clear to me (and many others) that what we call “memory” and “imagination” are different facets of one and the same cognitive structure. Both possibly rest on a few fairly stable “data points”, but both require a lot of invented connective tissue.
My brother and I had this conversation about events we remember differently that happened when we were kids. You think it went down a certain way but if you are confronted with the facts then you must concede that your interpretation was not entirely accurate. In the anticipation of the future, we tend to think it went down the way we predicted because of our bias.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“Absolute certainty” sounds to me like a violation of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
Bilan almost 2 years ago
As the saying goes, if you want to know the future, look at the past and correlate.
Concretionist almost 2 years ago
Predictions after the fact aren’t.
sandpiper almost 2 years ago
Another circular discussion but resembling a mobius strip.
e.groves almost 2 years ago
Are they still in school? It’s almost July.
jscarff57 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“Remember The Future” by Nektar is one of my favorite records! Came out in the 70s, if I remember…
well-i-never almost 2 years ago
Denying you said what you said – what kind of people…oh, right, those people.
khjalmarj almost 2 years ago
I used to drive an old Heisenberg, but I could never read the speedometer without getting lost.
khjalmarj almost 2 years ago
Heisenberg may have slept here… but we’re not sure about that.
Tetonbil Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Well played!
khjalmarj almost 2 years ago
If the Titanic had struck a Heisenberg instead of an iceberg, it might still be floating!
khjalmarj almost 2 years ago
Werner Heisenberg gets stopped for speeding. The police officer asks him, “Do you know how fast you were going?” Heisenberg replies, “No, but at least I know where I am.”
Cozmik Cowboy almost 2 years ago
Panel 2 & panel 10: Has she been taking lessons from a certain brain-damaged orange buffoon?
AndrewSihler almost 2 years ago
The lad has a point. It seems clear to me (and many others) that what we call “memory” and “imagination” are different facets of one and the same cognitive structure. Both possibly rest on a few fairly stable “data points”, but both require a lot of invented connective tissue.
mfrasca almost 2 years ago
Retrocausality.
GreggW Premium Member almost 2 years ago
That explanation is also nonsense.
The Orange Mailman almost 2 years ago
My brother and I had this conversation about events we remember differently that happened when we were kids. You think it went down a certain way but if you are confronted with the facts then you must concede that your interpretation was not entirely accurate. In the anticipation of the future, we tend to think it went down the way we predicted because of our bias.
Stephen Gilberg almost 2 years ago
By “with absolute certainty,” does he mean perfectly or just confidently? I’d hate to be confident but wrong.
Michael McKown Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Physics. Study physics.