On 7/16/24 4:29 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:
A bit paradox: consciousness and language enable us to leave the
bubble of nowness in which animals live
I like this, reminded that the bubble of nowness and hereness (and
thusness of our umwelt?), is transcended and transferable via language.
I think
My litany of examples of entities in my life all share the fact of
"living in a bubble of nowness". The fact that those bubbles overlap
to different degrees seems to contribute to our "mutual" apprehension of
one another's consciousness (not symmetric).
The non-animal entities at the best pr
