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Full Idea
If the Psychological account of time's arrow is correct …then there is nothing to prevent different minds from imposing different orders on the world.
Gist of Idea
If time's arrow is psychological then different minds can impose different orders on events
Source
Robin Le Poidevin (Travels in Four Dimensions [2003], 12 'The mind's')
Book Ref
Le Poidevin,Robin: 'Travels in Four Dimensions' [OUP 2003], p.217
A Reaction
All we need is for two people to disagree about the order of some past events. The idea that we are psychologically creating time's arrow when everyone feels they are its victims strikes me as a particularly silly theory.
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Idea 22948 There are Thermodynamic, Psychological and Causal arrows of time [Le Poidevin]