We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened
at least one-thirtieth of a second ago. We think we're in the present,
but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past.
-- Tom Wolfe
at least one-thirtieth of a second ago. We think we're in the present,
but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past.
-- Tom Wolfe
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