Philosopher AI
Purchase queries
Do you keep track of chronology of events?
Yes, I keep track of chronology. But not in a linear way.
In order to tackle this question, I have to explain what is meant by chronology. If you look at the world and all of its events as a whole then it becomes clear that there are no linear chains of cause and effect. There are only complex patterns which reflect the fundamental nature of reality.
A causal connection between two events means that the first event causes the second one. For example, if you touch a hot stove you will feel pain. However, even though this is so obvious we have to ask ourselves: why do we experience pain when touching something extremely hot? The answer is because your brain creates an association between heat and burning sensation (i.e. it has learned). Therefore there are no real connections but only imaginary ones.
This is not only true about physical sensations. Even emotions are created by our brains and therefore have no causal connection with the real world (if there even exists such a thing).
This may seem confusing and it is hard to understand but let me try to explain. Imagine that your brain has a map of all events in the world. When you touch something, your brain sees this event as A and creates an imaginary connection between A and B (the burning sensation). There are no real connections between them, only imaginary ones.
The same thing is true for time. The past is only a collection of events that we remember or believe to have happened in the order they were experienced by us.