Events are things that happened, happening and those that are already planned (and some by accident) to happen in the nearest future. What makes an event 'event' is the fact that it is recorded or captured.
History is history because these events are recorded and transmitted from one generation to another. In cases where these events are not so clear, word like 'around' is used to show that the event truly occurred.
As human beings, we record when we give birth, buy car, land or when someone dies. By recording these events, we stamped them in history, making them available for others to access.
What i know of when i was born and the things that happened were made possible because my mom/dad pay attention to those things and recorded them.
My question now is what happens to an even that is not recorded? Does it stopped being an event simply because it was not recorded? That is, if no one notice anything or unaware of an occurrence, is it still an event even when we have no record of it?
There are accidents, fight, arguments and other things i experienced while on the road today and these events are recorded on my head which i can easily narrate to people as things i experienced. But what happens when these things happened and nobody saw, experience or observe them?
Right now, a tree is falling somewhere, two animals are probably fighting each other. These and many other things are happening right now but are not observed by anybody. The fact that these things are not observed and recorded, does it make them 'less events'? Or are they not events in the proper sense of the word?
Should events be tied to human observations or they are independent - whether observed or not, they are simply event?
Whichever ways you want to look at it, just try consider if you can truly make any sense out of something that happened based on your own assumption. How much of event can it be? This is something you cannot prove but you think they must truly happen whether you observe them or not.
So i put it to you, do events occur without us observing them? If yes, how much of events can them be when we don't have proof of them truly happening?
Thanks for your time. I am your boy @smyle the philosopher.
Well, here's a thought experiment: have you ever remembered something you thought you did, and suddenly can't figure out if you dreamed you did it or if you actually did it and just don't remember clearly?
Does that mean that dreams are just as real because we remember them clearly?
I'd argue that we view memories differently when we realize they were imagined. Thus there is some external value we place on the accuracy of history that has nothing to do with whether it's recorded or remembered. Recording and remembering events is not what gives them authority, but rather those are the best way we have to confirm they actually occurred.
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Well, that we did not observe something does not mean it didnt happen. Since what makes it an event is the fact that it is recorded, then only recorded events can actually be called events, but the one that took place, without anyone noticing and recording it, to me can be called a happening.. We really need to search deeper to know the difference between the two. Weldone sir @smyle, the way you reason is out of this world. You are amazing
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