How can an eye see an eye?
What if we do not perceive the passage of time when we are one with it? For instance, we know that a flower blooms, but we do not perceive the blooming as blooming—we do not see it change from frame to frame—unless we look at it with time-lapse photography.
Perhaps we perceive time only when its pace differs from our own. To see the flower bloom and fade, its frame-to-frame pace has to be faster than ours. If we moved apace with the sun, we would not see it rise and set. We only perceive the sun because its frames are changing faster than ours. When we perceive the moon, its frames are changing more slowly.
I suspect we do not perceive time unless we are in front of or behind it. If we are behind it, it looks too fast; but it is we who are too slow (are our brains too alkaline?). If we are in front of it, it looks too slow; but it is we who are too fast (are our brains too acidic?).
Is time “too fast” (is the brain too alkaline) in Alzheimer’s? I have seen a patent application for LSD “acid” to treat Alzheimer’s.
