Maybe because it's Friday, maybe because it's almost Halloween, or maybe because it's almost November, I've been thinking a bit about the nifty human capacity some people call "inner clockwork." In my conception of it, "inner clockwork" refers more or less to our conditioned abilities to detect time orientation--the seasons, day of the week, and time of the year etc. --according to the things our minds and bodies naturally crave. Without a calendar, in other words, how do we know today is Friday?
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