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Originally Posted by Bladewire
You can prove this is true actually, to an extent.
If you get a steel ball that weighs 1 pound and you hold it a foot above a body of water that's 1 meter long and 1 meter deep you can predict exactly where the ripple will be, how tall the will be and how many there will be.
Doesn't the fact that we can predict the future to such an extreme extent tell us that future already exists, or has existed, or exists simultaneously?
Doesn't the fact that we can predict the future from the past say something about time & free will?
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I'm not talking about a causal relationship, where the effects of actions can be accurately predicted.
Rather, at the same moment the universe is being formed, the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is striking the earth, Neil Armstrong is walking on the moon, you're being born, you're dropping the ball in the water, and you're also dying. Everything that has ever happened or will ever happen is happening right this moment. Past, present, and future are all the same, the only difference is your perception in that moment.