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~~Mystic~~ · (This post was last modified: March 22, 2014 at 3:40 pm by Mystic.)

(March 22, 2014 at 2:30 pm)Heywood Wrote:
(March 22, 2014 at 11:14 am)MysticKnight Wrote: If the past, present, and future all exist at the same time...wouldn't that mean free-will is an illusion?

For example, since my future decision exists already, than while I chose that decision, only one outcome is possible which is the future one that exists already?

You've already made the future choice, your just not conscious of it yet.

Already is about the past, while future is about something that will happen. But if the future is like as if it's written in the past, then, there is no alternatives to decisions we make, the past, present, and future just is, with no creating the future, without the past being created, without the moment being a time to make a decision that is not set in stone.

**Alex K** · March 22, 2014 at 3:47 pm

(March 22, 2014 at 2:58 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:
(March 22, 2014 at 2:30 pm)Heywood Wrote: You've already made the future choice, your just not conscious of it yet.

What? The "future" already exists? I'm not going to pretend that I have a firm grasp on Einstein's theory of relativity but I have a creeping suspicion that this is not a correct (or coherent) conclusion.

The question also doesn't really have anyhing at all to do with relativity, and everything with quantum theory. If you subscribe to a deterministic interpretation of QM, the future already exists, because the entire timeline it is uniquely determined by any one snapshot of it (which consists of the quantum state of the universe plus the hidden variables) plus the laws of physics. If you subscribe to a non-deterministic interpretation, the future is not uniquely determined. If you subscribe to the many worlds interpretation, the future is already determined in the sense that you will make all possible choices in parallel. The future of a randomly selected observer- path through this multiverse is again random.

~~Heywood~~ · March 22, 2014 at 3:53 pm

(March 22, 2014 at 2:58 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: What? The "future" already exists? I'm not going to pretend that I have a firm grasp on Einstein's theory of relativity but I have a creeping suspicion that this is not a correct (or coherent) conclusion.

This 10 minute clip from the NOVA special "Fabric of the Cosmos" will explain it better than I can.

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