2007-06-10 11:05:03 · 10 answers · asked by ebby wiselyn 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
This is a deeper question than people are giving you credit for. It's meaningless to say, "it's because we haven't experienced it yet." That's no reason. Why haven't we "experienced" the future??
It's not a trivial question. Physics does not distinguish between "past", "present" and "future"; so it's somewhat of a mystery why some physical systems have such a dividing line; and why there's a "now" rather than just a sequence of points in time.
No answer; but keep thinking about it!
2007-06-10 11:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by RickB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This has to do the the nature of thermodynamic time. The answer is rather abstract, but I'll try to keep is simple. For some unknown reason, the universe started out in a state of very low entropy. Entropy is a measure of all the different ways something can be. A perfectly ordered state is one which is uniquely defined; there is only one way it can be consistent with its macroscopic description. The more possibilities there are (like where all the individual atoms are), the more disordered it is, and the higher its entropy. Entropy, then, is a measure of disorder. Every time something happens to a low entropy state, possibilities begin to multiply. This means that entropy has been increasing ever since its initial mysteriously low beginning.
Now, since the past is more orderly and, therefore, better defined than the future at any given time, one can infer more accurately what it was like based on present information. That's what memory is. The brain evolved to keep track of this relative wealth of information and make it available for conscious recall. The brain *can* make inferences about the future, but since there are so many more possible ways it can be (due to its higher entropy), it's a more difficult task. That process is called "prediction".
2007-06-10 11:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awesome question dude . I pity the people who ridiculed you , Should have made sense , when its posted under physics . I am really sure that you mean the quantum world , the things that are unseen and why though we believe in time travel ,and what defines the now , as ricks says . and why we can or limited to remember only our past and not our future . And i agree with Rick this question is deep . Do you infact know the answer ? . Keep thinking .
2007-06-10 11:28:05 · answer #3 · answered by florence 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if it comes to physics and u really aren't joking, then I would say that remembering is looking back at past experiences, it's like dreaming, you cannot dream stuff you haven't seen before.
the only thing u can do about the future is imagine, but not remember, you prepare for it using some logic, but you cannot remember the future unless you have a time machine, like in the movie back to the future, lol
2007-06-10 11:16:10 · answer #4 · answered by driftaddict87 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, the 'time line' version of time theory holds that time really is a spatial dimension, and that our consciousness propagates along our worldline- that the illusion of time is caused by our 'wave' encompassing several, very close together, points in time. The 'wave' has not yet passed through the 'future' states yet so you can't recall it. Sort of like.... if your tires have been used for 25000 miles... they 'remember' in tread wear the first part, not the remaining 15000 they have to go.
Not sure if this is real but it's one of the theories of time.
2007-06-10 11:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by DT3238 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since our brain is able to store up some memories of the past, then we remember. But the future which is about to happen, and did not occur yet, which our brain could not recall or remember because our brain could not store up experiences which are about to happen like that of the future.
Don't forget that your question is about remembering not about predicting, or seeing the future ahead of us, remember...
2007-06-10 11:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by Chris C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We can't remember our future because we haven't experienced it yet of course.
Perhaps more people should consider how the decisions of the past will affect the future though.
2007-06-10 11:13:05 · answer #7 · answered by _Picnic 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we have not yet experinced them physically, however some people may have experinced them mentally (i belive in that stuff, because i soemtimes have promentions but dont knwo that theyre promintions until they happen to me physically)
2007-06-10 11:11:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because we have not lived the future yet, we donot know about it, for sure.
2007-06-10 11:32:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah shame on us !!!
2007-06-10 11:19:23 · answer #10 · answered by Paparazzi 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋