Thursday, July 24, 2008 @11:36 PM
here's a thought: the future doesn't exist.
it doesn't! it's an abstract concept of possibilities, of what we think might happen - but nothing, nothing of the future is real.
the past has happened. the present is happening. but the future is an infinite number of paths which could lead to the same conclusion, or could lead to different worlds. it's enough to make your head spin - the sheer number of choices that we have to make that all lead to another now.
so what does this all imply? it raises the question of why we have this concept of the future. we humans plan and anticipate and dread and worry about events that could happen - but it's all in our heads - in flashes and images of you, me and everything else.
what if we decided that we shouldn't let the future dictate our present? we'd have a lot less hate, but also a lot less of hope. and nothing of significance.
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