We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th 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.
Source: Ken Kesey's philosophy, as explained in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, ch. 11 (1968).
-- Tom Wolfe, (Mar 2 1931-2018), US journalist, author; He is best known for his bestseller The Right Stuff, about the U.S. space program.