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New controversial theory: Past, present, future exist simultaneously
bigthink.com ^ | 23 September, 2018 | Paul Ratner

Posted on 09/26/2018 10:02:23 PM PDT by User900

The block universe theory says that our universe may be looked at as a giant four-dimensional block of spacetime, containing all the things that ever happen, explained Dr. Kristie Miller, the joint director for the Centre for Time at the University of Sydney.

In the block universe, there is no "now" or present. All moments that exist are just relative to each other within the three spacial dimensions and one time dimension. Your sense of the present is just reflecting where in the block universe you are at that instance. The "past" is just a slice of the universe at an earlier location while the "future" is at a later location.


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To: Ken H

“So in some alternate universe they’re saying Madame President?”

And her name is Melania.


21 posted on 09/26/2018 10:57:34 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Ken H

Don’t forget that there’s also an alternate universe where Democrats have not turned commie evil and are not bent on destroying the Republic.


22 posted on 09/26/2018 11:03:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: User900

The movie “Arrival” demonstrated this concept. Aliens arrive from the future and attempt to teach humans that past, present, future exist simultaneously, that they experience time non-linearly. Weird movie, but gets you to think about the concept.


23 posted on 09/26/2018 11:03:50 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: User900

24 posted on 09/26/2018 11:18:22 PM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: roadcat

Heavy


25 posted on 09/26/2018 11:36:22 PM PDT by thinden
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To: Fai Mao

Not new at all. Similar theories are over 2000 years old.


26 posted on 09/26/2018 11:45:33 PM PDT by djpg
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Maybe I can find out who stole my UN stamp collection and Davey Crockett Orange complete set back in 1964. The Crockett set is now worth about $1,000, plus the 1950 Hopalong Cassidy foil cards, Scoops, Jets, etc.


27 posted on 09/26/2018 11:53:04 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows; Lazamataz

I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today


28 posted on 09/27/2018 12:02:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Ken H

>>So in some alternate universe they’re saying Madame President?

Yes and she’s being investigated for politicial corruption and actions taken in sexual abuse claims with wall to wall tv coverage


29 posted on 09/27/2018 12:05:49 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: dfwgator

Funny, you can quote Horshack better than you can quote Aristotle.


30 posted on 09/27/2018 12:15:11 AM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: x
The philosopher Linda Zagzebski thinks we might be able to have both:

Foreknowledge and Free Will

31 posted on 09/27/2018 12:31:22 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: User900

In Hebrew, Jews omit forms of the infinitive, To Be, because it is close to the name of God.

Thus, a person would say, I John, not I am John; the word, am, is implied.

The name of God, I Am, could be rendered as: I Was, Am, and Will Be.


32 posted on 09/27/2018 12:35:41 AM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Because even though we seem to be looking at the present, in FACT it is the past. Everything everyone has ever seen is the past.

I perceive time as more of a snow-globe. The flakes drifting by give us a perception of movement, and indeed it does move slightly, but not nearly what we believe it to be.

33 posted on 09/27/2018 12:40:48 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: User900

This author does not understand consciousness.

Time collapses as Life is like a roll of toilet paper in that the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.


34 posted on 09/27/2018 1:16:23 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: User900

bump- but you all knew i was gonna do that beign that you cvan see into the past


35 posted on 09/27/2018 1:19:52 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: User900

Time is not just a function of the speed if light.

Time is a function of the frequency of consciousness divided by the speed of light. As consciousness frequency increases. Time collapses.

Einstein knew this but failed to use it in his famous equation, thus E= m×Csquared is wrong.


36 posted on 09/27/2018 1:20:08 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

STAT


37 posted on 09/27/2018 3:19:03 AM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: User900

God corralled us in a time line while He resides in Eternity where all things/events/past/present/future are available to Him


38 posted on 09/27/2018 3:37:42 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: Fai Mao

1984 revisited


39 posted on 09/27/2018 3:48:42 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day)
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To: User900

God created time.
God exists outside of His creation.
He can do with it, what he wants.
Y’all are screwed.
Faith...Cross...Resurrection


40 posted on 09/27/2018 4:25:44 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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