I've spent the last few days walking and contemplating this, in an attempt to understand, how one could make use of the block universe. In essence I would like to construct a simple experiment that would allow me to travel if not physically then mentally in time. I have come to believe, that in contemplation one is aware of what we have concluded to be the present. That is to say, in the process of manifesting something, regardless of what it results in we are actually in the present. In the block universe model, the present cannot be an actual "moment" of concessions, for if it was then in that "moment" time would stop. In other words, I believe this would be (consciously speaking) death. And yet while we are manifesting our thoughts into conclusive ideas, by which we can then, use words to communicate to other's, we are acting on what was once the present. Upon our arrival at said conclusion to be expressed, we then move from the present, to the past, in search for words and phrases that we or others, have used to communicate similar conclusions, lastly we go on to predict the outcome of how our words will effect the other person "will this be an effective method to communicate this conclusion?" My original question, was pertaining to the process by which one is in contemplation, or to use an example in the physical/real world "matter", is at rest. If one was to give matter consciousness or and ability to communicate with tools that we are able to understand or decipher, I believe we would be able to predict, the paths by which all matter would take at the quantum level. The question in my opinion (as crazy as it sounds) may not be "how can we know the future and past of particles at the quantum level?", but "how can we look for ways in which particles, at the quantum level, function as a separate ecosystem in which they, like us, contemplate their own existence and make choices based own their own individual and almost completely random choices?" please critique this almost baseless assumption I look forward to your insight.
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 9:35:17 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: > > On 23 April 2015 at 10:58, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> Yes, in a block universe, but in an evolving block universe there is also a >> special present. >> > > I hope mine is a box of chocolates and a long-stemmed rose. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
