Bergson's Objections to Einstein

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In this video, I review the French philosopher Henri Bergson's objections to Einstein.

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hello
1 : i think russell is right about bergson since it seems bergson implies that common sense is a measure for objective experience. Nothing is further from the case as in quantum mechanics for example.
2 : the mathematics of general relativity perfectly captures the time of our daily lives, it just that calculations are to long winded to have much effect over and above Newton's ideas of one measurable time
3 : not known by bergson at the "time" but implied is, time is discrete : since humans can notice screens with Hz rates less than about 70 as "flickering" and yet above that the screen will seem continuous and yet we know they are not. This shows the "common sense" bergson relies upon is false, something science has come to except all to well.

In conclusion i was happy he used the phase common sense and also referred to STR and not GR as this shows bergson has it exactly backwards as the continuous flow of time is subjective and science is expressing the objective state of the experience (with approximation of the mathematical models). I would like to talk with you on this as I feel i may not have the full grasp of what Bergson is trying to say

many thanks

SimosFunk