I read somewhere that there is a major corralation between events remembered and amount of adrenalin released at that time. For example, the 3 seconds of the drop on the roller coaster in comparison to the 2 hour wait in line took to get there. But, as stated before, there is quite a bit of...
The idea you are touching on is Platonism, where the truth does not exist in physical or mental worlds (or space and time). Stating that mathematics is not created; it is discovered from this ultimate realm of truth...
I read this in the first chapter of "The Road to Reality" (all the...