The privilege of boredom: How philosophy can happen in isolation

Re:The privilege of boredom: How philosophy can happen in is... by cortesoft on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:28PM (#23521043)

I find that having children has made me think deeper on a lot of things, for the simple fact that children ask very difficult questions without having a lot of other context to reference to when explaining. When you can’t use anything besides what your kid has already learned to explain something, you really have to think deeply.

I remember how long it took for my two year old to really grasp the meaning of “tomorrow”. Is it tomorrow yet? When does tomorrow happen? You said something was going to happen tomorrow, and now that thing is happening, so it must be tomorrow now... but then why are you saying something else is going to happen tomorrow? I thought it was tomorrow now!

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Re:The privilege of boredom: How philosophy can happen in is... by nift on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:34PM (#23521089)

When it is summer (like now) and the sun sets here around 10 pm, my son can put his head on the pillow for 5 mins, get up, see there is light outside (by leaving his room, as his rooms is dark) and exclaim: "It is now morning!". He is not always convinced that we are not lying to him when saying that is still evening / night.

Maybe it gets easier to explain when they have a better understanding of time? Understanding time has past and how much of it seems to be difficult for kids to grasp / understand ? (I have no clue, just observing my own small world).

I guess the same could be said for adults though, our concept of time often depends on whether or not we want to do what we are doing - time flies and so on. Sorry for the tangent!

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