Do you believe my theory on TIME, the future has already happened?

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I thought of a new theory on time. I think that the future has already happened and that the past is happening now. It's kind of like travelling on a stream, the stream has a definite path. While travelling in the stream, you are constantly moving towards the future. In order to get there, it already has to exsist. You can't go somewhere that doesn't already exsist right? So the future has already happened. It's already there and cannot be changed.

The past, is happening right now. Some people have the ability to see into the future. If I see that someone is going to fall down on the sidewalk in 3 days, when that happens, it correlates to the time i saw it, 3 days earlier. So when that fall happens, it is actually the past happening at the same time because I had already seen it 3 days earlier, because the future already happened and the past is happening, Time does not exist. If it did, things would happen at the same 'time' everyday i.e. the sun would rise at 5 o'clock every single day, it wouldn't change. Time is just a measure. There's no time, days, years....the future has already happened.

Okay, it may sound a little confusing but just think about it. Take a pen and draw the scenarios to make it easier to picture it. I discovered the theory after realising that people who see the future cannot change it no matter what. And it also explains deja vu. 

So do you believe my theory?

billrussell42 · Accepted Answer

no, I don't

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ravish2006 · Answer

Your theory sound pretty interesting. It has plus points: it explains deja vu, it explains ability to 'see' future, it explains why people who see future cannot change it.
However it has some scientific and philosophical flaws. These are difficult to explain here. It would have been ideal if we were able to chat on it. But (sigh) since that's not gonna happen, I will give it my best shot.
Now, to see micro-level flaws in any material, we need magnifying glasses. If we can see of exaggerations as magnifying glasses, we can feel comfortable using exaggerations to put forth our point of view. So I'm gonna do the same. I will exaggerate things a bit and give you an example that has strong anology to your theory that past does not exist, and we are creating it right now:

Man: what's your age?
Boy: 6 years.
Man: And how old is your father?
Boy: 6 years.
Man: How's that possible?
Boy: Because he became father only when I was born!

Likewise, you mean to say that unless we live through a moment and make it Past, it didn't exist in past (because it was existing in Present), so Past does not exist. It's a bit convoluted, see if you find the similarities.

Also, the presumption that we cannot go somewhere unless it already exists is flawed when you relate it to future. we are not going towards future, in fact we are creating it. it is as if we are building a road as we travel. the road is not pre-existent.

Hope you are able to appreciate my points. nonetheless you have earned yourself a star from me, since the question was intriguing, and prima facie looked self-evident!

Baker · Answer

You make a good point. Many people believe that time is a circle, and the future has already happened. I believe it. It explains why I have deja vu all the time. My husband thinks I'm psychic. I'm probably not, I'm just "tuned in" as my friends put it. It certainly is an interesting thing to think about, isn't it?

Meh · Answer

The past cannot be happening now because what is happening now is the Nature's harmonious and simultaneous 4-day time cube.

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Do you believe my theory on TIME, the future has already happened?

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