2007-07-12 07:45:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Nope, it was George Carlin,
Its a quote on his website.
2007-07-12 11:28:58 · update #1
but what is today but tomorrow's yesterday?
2007-07-12 07:51:00 · answer #1 · answered by filosofo tacio 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if we accept the concept of time as a real phenomena, then we'd have to agree that even the simplest act of cognition takes a certain amount of "time" to apprehend, making all perception knowledge of things past. Thus, no present.
In that sense, then, I'd say that the immediate past is all we hold "right here, right now." Also, I can be sure that if I perform a certain action I can expect a certain immediate result -- say of firing a pistol and hitting a target.
But too many intervening events could prevent even the best, well-planned result, oh, say, more than several hours into the future.
So, yes, the immediate past and the immediate future is pretty much the limit of "nowness." I'd agree that we currently have a lot of our deep past as well, in learning and experience. While hope for the future may be a good thing, hoping is not having.
But, it sounds more like George Santayana than George Carlin.
2007-07-12 18:20:01 · answer #2 · answered by Grey Raven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly time moves so fast that it is feels like it is true. Plus the mind only operates in the past or the future since once the concept is apparent, time is now gone forward. But realistically for a particular nano-second there is the present.
2007-07-12 16:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by ustoev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think George Carlin is a pretty funny comedian.
2007-07-12 14:53:17 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure Carlin said that? He could have, but I'm a Carlin fanatic and have never heard that, at least I don't think I have.
2007-07-12 14:53:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering that I usually think George Carlin is brilliant, I have to say that I don't believe you because that is just STUPID!
2007-07-12 16:05:05 · answer #6 · answered by Cognitive Dissident ÜberGadfly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live our present based on our past , and we live our present for the future. Therefore, there is no time left for the present. Time flies by so quickly.
What a deep thought, I agree with it very much.
2007-07-13 18:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Immediate future basically means the present
2007-07-12 15:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by vio_prince 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like to think of it the other way around. There is no future, only the past and the immediate present.
2007-07-12 14:51:50 · answer #9 · answered by Master Answers 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think he has his moments of insight but is... First and Foremost, An Entertainer and Comedian...his observations are made to amuse and entertain. Any thought or enlightenment that may result is just 'collateral damage'...
Sooooo...where's the punch line here?
2007-07-12 15:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by Chance M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The present is the moment right now...I see it as the opposite...there is no future that is guaranteed...the only time we have is the present
2007-07-12 14:53:27 · answer #11 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋