To paraphrase Doctor Who: “It’s all wibbley-wobbely timey-wimey”.
Also, as I’ve observed before, English lacks several tenses needed to cope with time travel, something Larry Niven called “Exedrin Headache No. sqrt(-1)”.
I remember reading a character’s dialogue in a game recently that proposed that since it takes a fraction of a second for our brains to register anything we experience in the present, it’s already a part of the past before we even become aware of it. Basically, we’re always looking at the past
Yeah, but the human perception of the present is about three seconds long, and the lag time is so very small that it doesn’t mess with our perceptions. Especially our visual perceptions, because the visual cortex is really fast.
George Herbert: (in God Emperor of Dune): “It is difficult to live in the present, impossible to live in the past, and pointless to live in the future.”
“Forget about the past, you can’t change it. Forget about the future, you can’t predict it. Forget about the present, I didn’t get you one.” — Birthday Card
To paraphrase Captain Kathryn Janeway, U.S.S. Voyager
“The past is the future, the future’s the past… that all gives me a headache!”
Poor Dietzel.
To paraphrase Doctor Who: “It’s all wibbley-wobbely timey-wimey”.
Also, as I’ve observed before, English lacks several tenses needed to cope with time travel, something Larry Niven called “Exedrin Headache No. sqrt(-1)”.
Not to worry, Dr Dan Streetmentioner has devised all the tenses we’ll need for time travel!
but, if your future soon becomes your past, when could the past be called the present if its already in the future?
Soon.
I remember reading a character’s dialogue in a game recently that proposed that since it takes a fraction of a second for our brains to register anything we experience in the present, it’s already a part of the past before we even become aware of it. Basically, we’re always looking at the past
Yeah, but the human perception of the present is about three seconds long, and the lag time is so very small that it doesn’t mess with our perceptions. Especially our visual perceptions, because the visual cortex is really fast.
Yet, if the future becomes the present, will the future become the past if the past used to be present day?
hmmmm…
George Herbert: (in God Emperor of Dune): “It is difficult to live in the present, impossible to live in the past, and pointless to live in the future.”
“The past is history, the future is mystery, now is a gift, that is why they call it the present.”
(may have mixed up the quote a bit, sorry)
“Forget about the past, you can’t change it. Forget about the future, you can’t predict it. Forget about the present, I didn’t get you one.” — Birthday Card
To quote Kyra, “The past is a present that is already gone forever.”
Kyra the lizard?
Do believe so!! 🙂
I love Dietzel’s pose in panel four after her rambling. I can almost hear him saying, “Get on with it!”
I read that a bit differently:
Dietzel: “I’m just trying to relax with a soothing, simple, game of jacks here. Fuck off, Yoda!”
And today is only yesterday’s tomorrow.
Uriah Heep, Demons and Wizards album, Circle of Hands.
or
It was a new day yesterday, but its an old day now.
Jethro Tull
“hello!? in the middle of a very important game here…!”