Having to start somewhere
in an
infinite
process it's not
the process
that starts
but
just its
perception
by a witness
who can see
only
with great
difficulty
and by
inference
that the
process
continues
whether
or
not she
perceives while
some others would
prefer not to no-
tice that it not only
predated them but
will
go on long
after they
are gone
be-
lieving
that when they
turn off the
T
V nothing is
on
and that if a
tree falls
but they
invest too
much in
measure
thinking that
what is
known
is more
than what
lacks
a knower as
if the latter is
less extent but it's worth
remembering
not
only that the
ongoing
goes on
with
out the
witness but
that the
witness
goes on with
its own
process
unmeasured in
the absence
of an
other and that
the witness
must be
a
finite
process which
finds itself
in
the position
of
(mid May 2004: revised mid July
2004)