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Presentism vs Eternalism
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RE: Presentism vs Eternalism
(March 12, 2016 at 6:39 am)ignoramus Wrote: sometimes, the simple obvious answer is the correct one...

That may not be the same for everyone.  I tend to believe intuitively that everything past present and future is "now" somewhere in the universe, that we live in a Block Space reality, but I can't fully articulate why.  I remember I was thinking about the length of a string at the time the thought first struck me.  (Who knows what I was thinking?)  I believed that before I actually heard of the idea of a Block space universe. And it's difficult for me to imagine my "now" existing or becoming without a relation to a real past and future somewhere. I don't know the reasoning behind it -- it's intuition, something that's "obvious" to me (though not necessarily the most accurate model of reality), my gut feeling. I assume most people feel differently.  It's something I'm about to begin reading up on, although I don't think I can ever be sure what is the most accurate description of reality.

edit: had to clean up a really clumsy post
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Presentism vs Eternalism - by Panatheist - March 12, 2016 at 5:32 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Little lunch - March 12, 2016 at 5:52 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Alex K - March 12, 2016 at 5:57 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by ignoramus - March 12, 2016 at 5:57 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Alex K - March 12, 2016 at 6:00 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Panatheist - March 12, 2016 at 6:48 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Little lunch - March 12, 2016 at 6:11 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by robvalue - March 12, 2016 at 6:13 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by ignoramus - March 12, 2016 at 6:39 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Panatheist - March 12, 2016 at 6:44 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Little lunch - March 12, 2016 at 6:47 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by robvalue - March 12, 2016 at 6:47 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Little lunch - March 12, 2016 at 6:49 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by Little lunch - March 12, 2016 at 6:49 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by robvalue - March 12, 2016 at 6:54 am
RE: Presentism vs Eternalism - by ignoramus - March 12, 2016 at 7:08 am



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