Pure time and mathematical time

Bergson distinguishes between two forms of time: pure time and mathematical time. Pure time is real duration. Mathematical time is measurable duration. Real time is continuous and indivisible. Mathematical time is divisible into units or intervals which do not reflect the flow of real time.

According to Bergson, real time cannot be analyzed mathematically. To measure time is to try to create a break or disruption in time. In order to try to understand the flow of time, the intellect forms concepts of time as consisting of defined moments or intervals. But to try to intellectualize the experience of duration is to falsify it. Real duration can only be experienced by intuition.

In the intellectual representation of time, a succession of distinct states or events is presented as a spatialized form of time. Time is conceptualized as an ordered arrangement of defined events, rather than as an endless flow of experience in an indivisible continuity. The intellect analyzes time as having measurable duration, but the flow of real time can only be known by intuition.

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Internal feeling and external world

As J.G.Ballard puts it, in the past we have always assumed that the external world around us has represented 'reality', however confusing or uncertain.

The inner world of our minds, its dreams, hopes, ambitions represented only the realm of fantasy and the imagination.With technologies of writing, these roles have been utterly reversed.We are being absorbed by our media. Everything is digital and there is now scant evidence to distinguish an internal feeling from an external network event.Physics is what information looks like from the outside, conciousness is what information feels like from the inside.

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Time's flow

Does the essence of nowness run like fire along the fuse of time ?

Traditionally, the philosopher's goal is to clarify the metaphor of time's flow or time's passage. Everyone agrees that it "appears" to us to flow, although few believe that all conscious beings, recognize the flow.

But now real time of our screens doesn't flow. Always the same. Real time maintains its reality without past, present or future...

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Real time publishing

Real-time publishing is the concept of posting a book as chapters/volumes are written, rather than waiting until the publication is completed and printed.

There are many benefits to this approach, especially for the IT industry. In the IT world, information changes so quickly that by the time they hit the street, printed materials are often outdated or require supplements.

The real-time concept allows administrators to receive information as it's developed, so that it is relevant to today's environments.

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