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Subject: One ammendment Author: Damoclese [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 01/12/04 9:27pm In reply to: Wade A. Tisthammer 's message, "I hope so." on 01/12/04 10:14am > >One criticism against an infinite past is that there >would have to have been an infinite series of events, >which would have taken an infinite amount of time to >complete, and thus we should never have gotten to our >current point in time. This seems to be similar to >what you are saying. Is it? > Yes. But I go one step further. In order for time to be infinite any particular point of time would have to be infinite as past present and future are all subsets of this thing called time. Hence, if time is infinite, which it may well be, it may not be linear at all. It may be circular instead. If that be the case, then every instance of time is in fact, infinite and past present and future never really exist except in our minds. Therefore if you ask me something like "Hey, can you imagine an infinite past?" I can say yes, I surely can, but since the past is imaginary anyway, I don't see how it's relevant. This is the view I tend to lean towards concerning time. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date One question (or two) Wade A. Tisthammer 01/14/04 10:13am Comma -- Damoclese, 01/14/04 3:19pm Math stuff. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 01/16/04 9:52am It's "point"less to discuss it with THEM -- QUITTNER, 01/16/04 11:36am Logic? -- Damoclese, 01/16/04 8:44pm Re: Logic? -- QUITTNER, 01/20/04 11:19am K -- Damoclese, 01/20/04 1:09pm Maybe the messages were not properly reported -- QUITTNER, 01/22/04 1:54pm God spoke to me, but I forgot what he said -- Damoclese, 01/22/04 4:21pm Was it really God? -- QUITTNER, 01/23/04 2:51pm Spirited away. -- Damoclese, 01/24/04 7:30pm Experience is very important -- QUITTNER, 01/27/04 11:52am Wow. -- Ben, 01/27/04 3:43pm Ben is WOWed. -- QUITTNER, 01/29/04 1:37pm uh huh -- Damoclese, 01/16/04 8:42pm More math stuff -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 01/18/04 2:54pm Less than -- Damoclese, 01/18/04 4:13pm Logic. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 02/12/04 10:17am Distinguish between "pure" and "applied" Mathematics -- QUITTNER, 02/27/04 1:22pm Misunderstanding time -- Ben, 01/18/04 5:06pm Understanding time -- QUITTNER, 01/20/04 11:54am Supporting my point -- Ben, 01/20/04 10:05pm Paradox... hm. -- Duane, 02/11/04 9:54am