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Hmm, isn't the present the only thing we can observe? All the past we see is whatever effect left over now.
by lioeters 7y ago
Hmm, isn't the present the only thing we can observe? All the past we see is whatever effect left over now.
- ddingus 7y agoLatency between perception or measurement and reality insures we are always behind. The info has to take time to travel.
- bojo 7y agoWell, to be incredibly pedantic, it takes time for the light being reflected off of things to reach your eyes and be processed by your brain, so you are always observing the past even if it isn’t remotely perceivable :)
- lioeters 7y agoGood point, I did think about the latency after I posted the comment. (Apparently about 13ms between photons hitting the eyes and the brain recognizing it.) Would the statement stand if it were updated to say, "The (presentMoment - latency) is the only thing we can observe"? Perhaps "experience" instead of "observe" would have fit better - although, experience by definition is only in the present, otherwise it would be a memory. Then a counter argument might be: everything is memory, even the current moment being experienced. I suppose that sliver of "now" might be infinitesmal, approaching zero..