During a time (having already happened, the only way to refer to this
phenomenon is by framing it) in our existence we were all faced with
unrelated stimuli that held separate control over our behavior. As time (I
repeat my previous claim) goes by we have experienced enough common stimuli
that we are able to group them into categories. Without a flow of connected
stimuli there is no way for us to make these connections, it is my contension
that time is this flow. Now, what is near and dear to everyone's heart is
the subject of activity. If, in fact, a stimulus begins a novel and surprise
stimuli,how are we to gage this unless we had a time in the past to reference
this? 'How could one reference a surprise to the past?' I hear you asking.
If time does not exist then surprises do not exist because without a flow
there is nothing to reference. I will accept the premise that time is a
non-entity only if Activity Theorists will denounce a Historical Perspective.
For if we are to reference our present with past experiences, doesn't there
have to be a continuation of those past experiences? How is it possible to
have a continuation of past experiences without time?
Reframing existence,
Eric
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