(January 17, 2014 at 1:31 pm)FractalEternalWheel Wrote: Why can't we just experience reality as it is,without the interfering of our brains like why do we need to drift into the past and the future it's not like we need this any more there isn't an lion behind that bush and it will jump on us,so we need to constantly think about our past and future so that we can predict what will happen to us.
Well, it was never really about the lion now, was it? It was about adapting and surviving, which will never be a problem that goes away.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
