Uniqueness

Everything happens only once. There is no thing, mechanism, or event that repeats.

No event that has happened or will happen ever repeats. The perception of recurring phenomena is a relative concept, similar to time or chance.

If we say that something already happened in the same way, is it true? All circumstances and conditions are never identical. Imagine a person who, in the same place, throws a die and rolls a six. A moment later, they throw it again and another six appears. Is it the same event? No. During the second throw, the time is different, the distribution of air is different, the humidity in the room is different, the muscle movement is different, the position of the die in the hand is different, the position of Earth in the cosmos is different. At first glance, it may seem that the event has repeated, but in reality, it is only a similar event with a similar outcome.

There is no recurring event. There are only similar events.

The human brain stores such similarities in patterns. These patterns serve for learning and survival. When a new, similar situation arises, the brain interprets it as a repetition, even though it is a new, unique phenomenon. Over time, these patterns change, adapt, and human reactions evolve.

From this it follows that our perception of repetition is only an illusion of the mind. In reality, everything happens only once, unrepeatably and uniquely.

The perception of repetition is only an illusion of the mind

The reason is that the brain works only with a limited amount of input. If it ignores countless details and considers only the most visible features, the event may appear to be repeated. For example, if we look only at the person, the table, and the die, we can talk about the “same” throw. But if we include all the previously mentioned conditions, then it is not the same throw.