2009/8/24 Pat <[email protected]> > > > Assuming a continuum, why do you think a future there contained is > anything > > other than a perfectly indeterminate, fluctuating, and malleable one? > > That's easy!! Because I would expect it to be like every other > part of the continuum. I.e., as fixed as is the past. Now, if you > and I can somehow figure out how to change the past (NOT just writing > an historical yet false account), then I'll be more open to a mutable > future. I can't see ANY basis for thinking that the continuum works > differently in some parts than it does in others; it's a continuum-- > the rules for it always apply.
How does this work with multiverses? Is there a single continuum that encompasses all space and all time, or does each delineation of multiverse have a separate continuum? > On the opposite side of that question: > what makes you think that there would be a difference between the way > the future works and the way the past works? I can see absolutely no > basis for it; but, of course, I can't see everything. ;-) I wouldn't presume to know how either works, Pat. Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
