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erronis

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5. I enjoy your (human) persective on this. What would a non-human sentient organism think?

Reply to ancianita (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:04 PM

19 hrs ago

Is "spirit" only a human concept? Again, like so many properties we give to ourselves, perhaps earthworms and other organic organisms have their own sense.

I'm not going to ask one of those silicon "AI" bots what they think about this.

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Brian Cox explains why time travels in one direction - BBC (2 videos) [View all] BootinUp Yesterday OP

thanks for the Sunday morning brain stretcher rurallib Yesterday #1

Isn't Time just a human made measure of change in organic & inorganic matter? ancianita Yesterday #2

The nature of time is not a settled scientific concept BootinUp Yesterday #3

Thanks. Cox is always interesting. ancianita 21 hrs ago #4

I enjoy your (human) persective on this. What would a non-human sentient organism think? erronis 19 hrs ago #5

Another interesting watch. Please keep them up! erronis 19 hrs ago #6