(August 15, 2015 at 11:16 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote:(August 15, 2015 at 11:15 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Universes without an organized system of linear time (like ours!) may not allow for the development of life forms that can evolve to the point of being able to ask questions about the nature of time in their specific universe.
That's a pretty bold claim, all underlying sarcasm aside, or I just don't understand what you mean by an "organized system of linear time" and whether it faithfully describes reality or not.
Without causality then everything just is. All realities. An "organized system of linear time" would just be our linear perception of these realities.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
