Message Forum: Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will

Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will

Posted By: Stephen, on host 68.7.169.109
Date: Monday, January 20, 2003, at 09:25:35
In Reply To: Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will posted by Eric Sleator on Monday, January 20, 2003, at 02:13:36:

> > In other words, a non-linear god that existed
> > outside of the universe would be able to have
> > perfect knowledge of the future without
> > violating free will, though this may just be
> > hand-waving on my part because temporal
> > mechanics confuses me.
>
> I hope it's not just hand-waving, because I've always figured that's how it works.
>
> -Eric Sleator
> Mon 20 Jan A.D. 2003

The essential problem is that none of us have ever been non-linear beings, nor can our brains really parse the concept (it's like trying to imagine an object with four spatial dimensions). So how precisely a non-linear being would interact with us I can't say.

Stephen

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Message:	> > > In other words, a non-linear god that existed > > > outside of the universe would be able to have > > > perfect knowledge of the future without > > > violating free will, though this may just be > > > hand-waving on my part because temporal > > > mechanics confuses me. > > > > I hope it's not just hand-waving, because I've always figured that's how it works. > > > > -Eric Sleator > > Mon 20 Jan A.D. 2003 > > The essential problem is that none of us have ever been non-linear beings, nor can our brains really parse the concept (it's like trying to imagine an object with four spatial dimensions). So how precisely a non-linear being would interact with us I can't say. > > Stephen
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