Tag Archives: perception

Free Will — An Illusion?

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Manoj

Are our lives just moving along on their own preordained paths, while we, like the epiphenomenal froth, think that we have control and free will? Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Science | Tagged perception, Philosophy | Comments

What is Space?

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Manoj

This post examines the realness of our space perception. (Why did you think this blog was called Unreal?) Continue reading →

Posted in Debates, Philosophy, Physics | Tagged Albert Einstein, perception, Physics, realism, realness, space and time, worldview | Comments

Light Travel Time Effects and Cosmological Features

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Manoj

This unpublished article is a sequel to my earlier paper (also posted as Are Radio Sources and Gamma Ray Bursts Luminal Booms?). This blog version contains the abstract, introduction and conclusions. The full version of the article is available as a PDF file. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles and Essays, Philosophy, Physics, Science, Unpublished | Tagged causality, cosmic microwave background, expanding universe, gamma ray bursts, grb, light travel time, microwave background radiation, neuroscience, perception, perceptual constraints, phenomenalism, Physics, radio sources, relativity, space and time, speed of light, universe | Comments

Are Radio Sources and Gamma Ray Bursts Luminal Booms?

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Manoj

This post is the blog version of my article published in the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMP-D) in 2007, soon to become the Top Accessed Article of the journal by Jan 2008. Although it might seem like a hard core physics article, it is in fact an application of the philosophical insight permeating this blog and my book. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles and Essays, Physics, Science | Tagged AGN, Doppler shift, galaxy, grb afterglow, Lorentz invariance, perception, Physics, radio sources, relativity, sonic boom | Comments

The Unreal Universe — Seeing Light in Science and Spirituality

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Manoj

This essay, originally written for a Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times, was published in an altered form in a philosophy magazine called The Philosopher. The published article (also posted in this blog — Perception, Physics and the Role of Light in Philosophy) had too much editorial input, I felt.

We know that our universe is a bit unreal. The stars we see in the night sky, for instance, are not really there. They may have moved or even died by the time we get to see them. [...] Continue reading →