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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
Response to drjd's post:
Actually, you can only win now...as I have done. Backdated/backtimed wins are not actually wins because their effective date is automatically after the most recent post which doesn't allow them to become actual wins.
Then there is the issue of post dated wins (wins with a future effective date). These are not possible either because the win is only effective at the time it is posted, regardless of the date contained with says that it is actually effective on that date. If that were allowed, then all someone would have to do is post the win with an effective time of the very last event in existence of the universe. That, in turn, would lead to a leap-frog series of posts that would attempt to post the win after the very last event in the universe.
That would lead to the generation of a new universe just to contain the posts that are effective after the end of all existence. Then again, would it be a true win since it would require an answer to this question: If a win is posted and no one exists to read it, was it actually a win?  |
My humble explanation to Solitaire1:
If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of years ago. The purpose of science is to peel back the layer of the appearance of objects to reveal their underlying nature. In fact, if appearance and essence were the same thing, there would be no need for science. Perhaps the most deeply entrenched common-sense notion about our world is that it is three dimensional. It goes without saying that length, width, and breadth suffice to describe all objects in our visible universe.
If we include time as another dimension, then four dimensions are sufficient to record all events in the universe. No matter where our instruments have probed, from deep within the atom to the farthest reaches of the galactic cluster, we have only found evidence of these four dimensions.
To claim otherwise publicly, that other dimensions might exist or that our universe may coexist with others, is to invite certain scorn. To understand how adding higher dimensions can simplify physical problems, consider the following example: To the ancient Egyptians, the weather was a complete mystery. What caused the seasons? Why did it get warmer as they traveled south? Why did the winds generally blow in one direction? The weather was impossible to explain from the limited vantage point of the ancient Egyptians, to whom the earth appeared flat, like a two-dimensional plane. But now imagine sending the Egyptians in a rocket into outer space, where they can see the earth as simple and whole in its orbit around the sun. Suddenly, the answers to these questions become obvious.
Traditionally, scientists have held a dim opinion of anyone who raised the question of time travel. Causality, the notion that every effect is preceded, not followed, by a cause, is firmly enshrined in the foundations of modern science. However, in the physics of wormholes, "acausal" effects show up repeatedly. In fact, we have to make strong assumptions in order to prevent time travel from taking place. The main problem is that wormholes may connect not only two distant points in space, but also the future with the past.
Like a plain statement similar to somewhat : "I won, I win and I will win!" shall stand correct in all the tenses and all the parallel universes connected through wormholes!
PS : and I'm not in .mojo jodo mode.
