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2026
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18520444 |
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- <div> </div> <div> </div> <h2><strong>Final Summary</strong></h2> <h3>1. <strong><span>Power of Line Adaptation</span></strong></h3> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Constellations demonstrate the human mind’s tendency to connect scattered points into meaningful patterns.</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>This is a functional and adaptive illusion: the lines do not physically exist, yet the mind uses this illusion for navigation, timekeeping, and knowledge transfer.</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>The power of line adaptation is thus a mental tool, not an objective truth.</p> <h3>2. <strong><span>Time</span></strong></h3> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>The experience and segmentation of time (day, night, hours, year) are human conventions, not cosmic laws.</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Polar regions illustrate that standard Earth time loses meaning and utility in different environments.</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Time is therefore not absolute but a functional mental framework for human life.</p> <h3>3. <strong><span>Mathematics</span></strong></h3> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Mathematics, unlike constellations and time, exhibits exceptional stability and coherence, capable of analyzing and making calculable many mental patterns and illusions.</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>However, this does not imply that mathematics represents absolute truth:</p> <p><span><span>o<span> </span></span></span>It is highly functional under conventional conditions,</p> <p><span><span>o<span> </span></span></span>It does not perfectly mirror reality,</p> <p><span><span>o<span> </span></span></span>Rather, it models and enables understanding of functional mental illusions and the world.</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Key statement: <strong>Mathematics does not reveal truth; it makes illusions understandable and calculable.</strong></p> <h3>4. <strong><span>Philosophical Highlights</span></strong></h3> <p><span>1.<span> </span></span>All of these structures (lines, time, mathematics) are functional mental models: human tools for understanding the world, not the world itself.</p> <p><span>2.<span> </span></span>Their functionality and durability depend on human environmental and cognitive conditions.</p> <p><span>3.<span> </span></span>Changes in environment (e.g., Mars or beings with different cognition) could alter the utility of these functional illusions.</p> <p><span>4.<span> </span></span>Mathematics, as the most advanced adaptive illusion, offers high stability and analyzability but remains dependent on conventional conditions and human limitations.</p> <h3>5. <strong><span>Final Conclusion</span></strong></h3> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Constellations, time, and mathematics represent successful examples of the mind’s functional illusions at varying levels.</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>The primary difference lies in their stability and predictability:</p> <p><span><span>o<span> </span></span></span>Constellations → short-term, cultural, and perceptual</p> <p><span><span>o<span> </span></span></span>Time → conventional and environmental</p> <p><span><span>o<span> </span></span></span>Mathematics → abstract, stable, and analytical, yet still an illusion</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Absolute truth may be unattainable, yet through these illusions, the human mind has rendered the world comprehensible and livable.</p> <div> </div> <p>Functional illusions</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Human cognition</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Constellations</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Experienced time</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Mathematics</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Environmental relativity</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Mental constructs</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Philosophy of science</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Perception</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Cultural knowledge</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Cognitive relativity</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Mental models</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Adaptive illusions</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Knowledge construction</p> <p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Science and philosophy</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p>