Time functions as an internal form of sense because mental events must occur in temporal sequence. Different beings could experience time at different perceived speeds, including a being that experiences all times simultaneously. A being that moves extremely quickly must also perceive and decide at comparable speed to navigate safely. Human perception allows control of fast vehicles, but locomotion at extreme speed with an unchanged cognitive tempo would cause collisions and errors on complex terrain. Matching inner temporal perception to movement enables safe high-speed motion but imposes continuous rapid decision-making that would be mentally exhausting and potentially boring.
As a runner, I have often imagined what it would be like to have super speed like the Flash or Quicksilver. Unfortunately for my super speed dreams, Kyle Hill has presented the fatal flaws of super speed. But while Hill did consider the problem of perception, he seems to have missed one practical problem with being a super speedster and that is how mentally exhausting (and boring) running a super speed could be. Kant can help explain this problem.
With adequate training, I could pilot a plane going 500 mph. But imagine that I could run 500 mph, but my brain operated normally. If I tried to run a winding trail in the woods, for example, I would slam into trees because my running speed would vastly exceed my ability to perceive the trail and decide when to turn.
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