A Fractal Topology of Time, Dissertation Defense Intro
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A dissertation defense by Kerri Welch at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Feb. 12, 2010, Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness program. Dissertation Committee: Brian Swimme - Chair, Sean Kelly, and Don Salisbury. Dissertation available at: https://www.academia.edu/245209/A_Fractal_Topology_of_Time_Implications_for_Consciousness_and_Cosmology Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpjyQLVTj4s Part1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P75A9kKqIxw Part2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSWCHu_WJDw Part3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SbWgpVgs4M Part4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3blR-kOKM4 Part5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX3molL1SY0 Part6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TxXT6LKSw4 Part7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9-AAVPNwVI Part8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ECCDo8SpnQ Part9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkabfjFiBI Approval: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4JtCb2-kI
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"...I suggest aligning time with fractal scale. In this case, the data of the timeless present moment, like the fractal pattern, is condensed and replicated through memories, creating the fractal dimension, or temporal density, of the subjective passage of time. Thus, temporal flow unfurls from, and nests within, the timeless present." KR, DissAbs, v.
Elsewhere:
"As time emerges out of timelessness the boundary between the two becomes more intricate and complex. This is a fractal boundary. The 'edge effect' is an example of a fractal boundary, where at the interface of two ecosystems, such as the edge between a pond and a field, the greatest biodiversity is found. Complexity is the intertwining boundary between two dualities, in this case, between time and timelessness. The fractal dimension describes the density of this intertwining. The more densely we involve ourselves in some activity, the faster time seems to go. The more shallow our involvement, the slower time seems to go. Laurent Nottale's theory of physical fractal space-time describes the process of quantum collapse while Susie Vrobel's theory of subjective fractal time describes our subjective experience of time using fractal measures."
I am thinking about your notion of time and timelessness and human's subjective experience with time. This notion of self-similarity, reiterations of original fractal models, natural patterns repeating, hmmm, and whether these reiterate into this or other dimensions?! I cannot fathom how the physicality of reiterations can exist but I am thinking of British scientist Rupert Sheldrake’s theory of "morphic resonance." Do you suggest something similar to Dr. Sheldrake’s ideas?
Do our experiences of time and with timelessness reiterate themselves into "parallel" experiences, occurrences, encounters (existences?) and are there ways to apprehend, recognize such experiences? In my mind, I would not consider these otherworldly if they are in fact reiterations of natural patterns?
Very interesting. Are you teaching these in college or doing other work applying these concepts?
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