Peacegirl:Are you purposely playing games with me? Of course as we mature we are able to look at the past with a different perspective, but what in God’s name does this have to do with the fact that we can’t reverse time and undo what was already done? Can you undo your last comment or what you did today?
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Ecmandu: Actually, I can edit my post. I won’t and that’s beside the point.
My point is that just like eye witness testimony is known to be unreliable, now we’re talking about memory. I changed my 16 year old interpretation as I grew older.
You also completely avoided the hard one I gave you.
If the past never changes, how can existence exist.
Once REAL philosophy enters the discussion, you run.
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Meno: Actually, EC & Peacegirl, you’re both right. & wrong.
We can actually chrange the past when given the now entertained idea of an absolute light velocity. There is a time machine of sorts that actually disintegrates the self, and through which eternal succession can be apprehended.
The sense of self improvement through time is what’s getting in the way of realizing this.
How’s and why’s, let the ancient wisdom* solve this, as they have, and some of the fog will lift.
*Annie Beasant, 'Ancient Wisdom ’
Peacegirl; Show me a time machine that can go back to the past when all we have is the present. Time is the measurement of change from point to point. If you believe otherwise then you won’t agree with one of his premises and that’s okay. Time is not a dimension and it’s therefore impossible to visit it in a time machine [of sorts]. Therefore it’s pure science fiction. Not all science fiction turns out to be something science can actually achieve at some later date.