11-04-2021, 07:28 AM
I admit this is a complicated topic, we at 3D are at a disadvantage to even talk about it, and it makes questions imprecise. Let me give another example of what I was calling the grandfather paradox.
Let's say that, in nonlinear time, we can go back and forth along the multiple versions of "history" (both froward and backward) experiencing what we will in various fashions. The grandfather paradox questions what would happen if I went back in time and killed my grandfather. Would I disappear? Now an answer might be that we are only allowed to traverse historical (both forward and backward) that are consistent with this particular present. Therefore, no matter how much I tried, I could not kill my grandfather. Another answer might be that I actually could kill my grandfather but I am now in a different history, which leads to multiple realities.
Now it gets more complicated if, as I understand it, true Reality is a joint proposition agreed upon by all consciousness. Therefore, if a stranger went back and killed my grandfather, would I exist? The same two scenarios above still apply but the idea of multiple realities gets messier. It makes the idea of an agreed upon joint Reality much less clear.
This then brings me to the real question which did rely on an understanding of the grandfather paradox. If there are multiple Realities, then why are the good guys, bad guys, wanderers, etc, focusing on this one particular Reality and its evolution. It would seem that everything works out (or not) in some reality so what's the big deal. In fact, if all possibilities must exist, then, by definition, some of those possibilities must end with the bad guys winning. On the other hand, if there truly is only one joint consciousness Reality that is evolving, then the grandfather paradox eliminates many possibly active explorations of time histories.
Finally, there is the nagging question of the whole idea of "progressing" from one dimension to another which is inexorably tied to some concept of time, albeit most likely much more complicated. Does that explain where I'm coming from better?
Let's say that, in nonlinear time, we can go back and forth along the multiple versions of "history" (both froward and backward) experiencing what we will in various fashions. The grandfather paradox questions what would happen if I went back in time and killed my grandfather. Would I disappear? Now an answer might be that we are only allowed to traverse historical (both forward and backward) that are consistent with this particular present. Therefore, no matter how much I tried, I could not kill my grandfather. Another answer might be that I actually could kill my grandfather but I am now in a different history, which leads to multiple realities.
Now it gets more complicated if, as I understand it, true Reality is a joint proposition agreed upon by all consciousness. Therefore, if a stranger went back and killed my grandfather, would I exist? The same two scenarios above still apply but the idea of multiple realities gets messier. It makes the idea of an agreed upon joint Reality much less clear.
This then brings me to the real question which did rely on an understanding of the grandfather paradox. If there are multiple Realities, then why are the good guys, bad guys, wanderers, etc, focusing on this one particular Reality and its evolution. It would seem that everything works out (or not) in some reality so what's the big deal. In fact, if all possibilities must exist, then, by definition, some of those possibilities must end with the bad guys winning. On the other hand, if there truly is only one joint consciousness Reality that is evolving, then the grandfather paradox eliminates many possibly active explorations of time histories.
Finally, there is the nagging question of the whole idea of "progressing" from one dimension to another which is inexorably tied to some concept of time, albeit most likely much more complicated. Does that explain where I'm coming from better?