Alright kids, something to chew on today: The present. We all think of the present as the state of time we're in. So we're always in the present, right? Now, assume the "present" is the infinitesimal instant of time that we're in. Further, we are always "moving" through time, because time doesn't stop. So, the present is always moving as well. Doesn't that mean we can't refer to the present as a fixed period of time. Anytime you think about the present, in it's purest form, it's already gone.
Let me use this entry as an example. Right NOW I am typing these words. But now, as I reread the word I typed a second ago, that's in the past. No part of this entry is any longer in my present. Each keystroke was a part of the present, yet now a part of the past.
This all sounds incredible useless, I'm sure, and there's not much of a point, but that's ok. We can never really refer to something in the present.
Cheers.
2 comments:
Instead of referring to where you were, you should have referred to where you were going to be!
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