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The Experience and Perception of Time (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
First published Mon Aug 28, 2000; substantive revision Tue Nov 17, 2009
"My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving. ...
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Eleven years ago, a gorilla demonstrated that we can miss incredibly obvious things right in front of us if our attention is focused elsewhere.
The invisible gorilla returns to show us how often we miss the obvious
The bootstrap paradox is a paradox of time travel in which information or objects can exist without having been created.
Bootstrap paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The unexpected hanging paradox , hangman paradox , unexpected exam paradox , surprise test paradox or prediction paradox is a paradox about a person's expectations about the timing of a future event (e.g. a prisoner's hanging, or a school test) which he is told will occur at an unexpected time. Despite significant academic interest, there is no consensus on its precise nature and consequently a final 'correct' resolution has not yet been established. [ 1 ] One approach, offered by the logical school of thought, suggests that the problem arises in a self-contradictory self-referencing statement at the heart of the judge's sentence. Another approach, offered by the epistemological school of thought, suggests the unexpected hanging paradox is an example of an epistemic paradox because it turns on our concept of knowledge . [ 2 ] Even though it is apparently simple, the paradox's underlying complexities have even led to it being called a "significant problem" for philosophy. [ 3 ]
