This is a very serious and interesting question for people who love to think.So, ake your time to read it. I posted the same question yesterday--but I am elaborating this in the new post.
Let's make a consistent assumption or hypothesis:
"Every event in space-time is unique." That means every incident
in past,present and future can have only single value not multiple values. This seems quite obvious because-"tomorrow just at 12:31 pm at the crossing of Tago Street and Mando Steet a car with number NY786654 will pass through" this is an unique event(although we don't know it until it happens--this is another assumption but we agree that an unique event will happen in some future space-time with or without predestination). Although, multiple values can be assigned to a future event
but that implies probability and our ignorance about the future(our ignorance about the future is actually also an assumption which seems obvious).
Also, let's make another hypothesis:
"Every event is connected by cause and effect."
Now, let's say that somebody knows what will happen in some particular future. Now, he decides to change that event. What will happen? According to the second hypothesis--he will either forget
his decision or some unknown force will prevent him to change the event[1].
Now, think of a particular situation-- The person
saw the future of a piece of paper in snap-shot(He saw that piece of paper on the top of a table in the house of one of his friend in a party at 11:45 am and 12:45 am Monday September 29 2006 in NY city).
So, he arrived at the party before 11:45 am and the moment(11:45 am) he saw the piece of paper--he challenged the people in the party to burn that piece of paper within 30 minutes(that is before 12:45 am).
What will happen if the above two HYPOTHESES holds??
2006-08-13 12:36:56 · 9 answers · asked by Mahfuz R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You must be young....
To ponder an unanswerable question for too long could become a path to madness.
I know Who holds the future, and I know Who holds my hand.
2006-08-13 12:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does not matter if the hypothesis holds, the future of him seeing the piece of paper changes simply by the fact that he saw it, he has the choice now of wether or not he wants to see that piece of paper, or if he burns it it won't suddenly appear on the table at 12:45, he changed his future because the future didn't exist yet, you are not set on one path you are given thousands of forks in the road in every direction and each time you choos a path you are given anoth set of paths to choose from each one different and unique.
2006-08-13 20:02:03 · answer #2 · answered by Solomon Dump 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to your hypotheses, something will happen so that the paper does not get burnt, however, according to me, nothing will happen and the paper will get burnt. I believe in fate, but if someone knew what could happen in the future, I don't think the future could stop him/her from changing it.
2006-08-13 19:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by jujz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but think of this:
Time unfold's in "instance's".
The Universe dosen't Exist between "instance's".
Kinda' like a Super-Strobe Light.
At each Strobe (existance), everything happen's in that "instance" of Time.
At that Point, Time is the Same from one end of the Universe to the Other, no matter how fast or slow your going, or if your going forward in time or backward in time.
We cannot as Human Being's measure the Pulse-Duration of each Pulse.
Existance(Pulse)Non-Existance
(Pulse)Existance(Pulse)Non-Existance.
Pretty Neat, Huh..!!!
Everything happen's at the same time across the Universe at each Pulse.
Ditto.............................
2006-08-13 19:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would cause a tear in the space/time continuum a possibly signal the end of the world as we know it.
2006-08-13 20:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by musicaljunkie29 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps this is why the future is unknowable, because if the universe allowed us to know it, actual contradictions could exist.
2006-08-13 19:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the last one, if I anticipate something occuring, it won't happen in the future because my anticpation would be in the present.
2006-08-13 19:42:07 · answer #7 · answered by Muse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one will burn the piece of paper.
2006-08-13 19:48:14 · answer #8 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the alternate universe theory would be your answer.
2006-08-13 19:44:03 · answer #9 · answered by n317537 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋