but afterward would remember nothing of the experience, would you do so? Why or Why not.
2006-11-21 07:43:49 · 22 answers · asked by ´¯0())))»·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.· 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Absolutely.
My memory does not determine the existence of previous events. If I'm black-out drunk and you punch me in the face, won't my face still hurt the next day? The fact that I don't remember the cause of the pain won't in any way diminish it or negate it.
The same could be said for happiness. One year spent in perfect happiness would give pleasure to your soul in a similar way to how a punch in the face gives pain to your body. After the year, the pleasure would persist. True, you would not know why, but thankfully you would not be required to.
2006-11-21 08:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by foxwallow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I once had to have a procedure done that used a medication that would keep me awake enough to be able to move if they needed me to, but would mess with my memory of it. Before the procedure I really worried about the experience that I would have "before" I "forgot" But, I really didn't experience it at all, and I think its because the medication actually blocked at the short term memory creation, and not at the long term set point.
Memory is as much or more a factor in experiencing realtiy as the actual experiencing. So no, for me, what would be the point?
2006-11-21 07:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well how do i know that i haven't already? i'm not sure if i would, because i do hate the feeling of not knowing or remembering something, and if there was a point in time in my life where i felt that the world was a dark and dismal place, i wouldn't have that experience to remember... but on the other hand, it would be considered living life to the fullest in every moment, which is practically everyone's dream--even if we don't have the guts to go after it. so... i guess i would.
2006-11-21 07:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would hate to have one year's gap in my life. Good or bad, I'd need to know if I did any "risky" behavior of any type...would want to know of anyone I had met that would be of relevance later....would miss out on news events - both at home and worldwide.
If you don't remember the happiness, then it is mute. If you don't remember unhappy events or trials or lessons learned, then it is mute. Life is for experiencing and remembering and growing by. It's worth every moment, no matter how tragic or blessed.
2006-11-21 07:52:23 · answer #4 · answered by YRofTexas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmm
No, I suppose not.
I wouldn't want to refer to lacunae from a future perspective.
Try the same question with 50 years.
Denying pure happiness so that you don't upset your elderly concept of selfhood... seems strange.
I don't know.
I'm sure most depressed people would do it (for a year at least).
Everything that matters to me now is threatened by disconnection
The only allegiance I have are to the patterns of my everyday life.
Could the adventure even be real? It takes place, I just forget it... but knowing in advance that I will forget, that I can never refer back to a memory-- it adds up to illusion, no matter how real it was.
Is that all it takes to be real? that in principle we COULD refer back to what happened, provided we had the right method for grasping the sequence of events that connects us to the past...
If we sever this possibility, it's questionable.
2006-11-21 08:12:49 · answer #5 · answered by -.- 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not if I would have a 1 year blank period in my memory. I blacked out a few times while drinking and those episodes lasted for an hour at most. I have tremendous anxiety over that lost hour, I could not imagine losing an entire year.
2006-11-21 07:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's start with there is no such thing as perfect anything, but yeah, I'd take the year of bliss. I don't remember anything anyway and all we have is the moment we are in, when gone, it's gone.
2006-11-23 16:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Salsa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I want to remember my entire life. I make no mistakes, I just have a lot of learning experiences.....and I do mean ALOT!
2006-11-21 07:45:42 · answer #8 · answered by Yahoo Answerer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, after you spend every life, in your next life, you remember nothing.
To spend one year in perfect happiness means that your brain's going to be conditioned to make you happy. But you could condition it yourself.
2006-11-21 08:07:20 · answer #9 · answered by Maus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can you know happiness unless you have unhappiness to compare it to. That is, if your existence is perfect happiness, then you have no unhappiness, but with out unhappiness to compare it to, you wouldn't know it was perfect. A circular question I believe.
2006-11-21 08:08:08 · answer #10 · answered by dj 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋