Just some random thoughts. I remember reading (hearing?) something a while ago that said whenever we remember something, we are actually creating the memory again, essentially from scratch. As in, you're not actually remembering what happened, you're remembering what you think happened. You're reinterpreting it from your current stage of cognitive development.
That's why "eye witness" accounts are so iffy. Because one could easily rework the witness to think something happened that didn't.
Anyway, that wasn't the point of the post. The point of the post is to state the mutability of the human psyche. Yes, there were certain, empirical things that happened in the past. But a whole lot of the human experience is in how you, personally, interpret the past. And you can't truly interpret the past empirically.
So, if you can't trust how you remember the past, and the future hasn't happened yet, what is a poor schmuck to do? If the past is dead, and the future not yet born, what is there?
And then you hear echoing off in the distance...
Live in the Present
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