Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Physical Law, Big Crunch
20 Mar 2016
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Two questions: does time flow, or do we flow through time. Lets assume that we (the universe) flows through time: time is just there, like space as a dimension which we can occupy. Then there is an interesting question about that direction in which we move through time. Could we have been going through it in the opposite direction: short digression on physics. Most high-level laws of physics are symmetrical with respect to time: they would hold in whichever direction we moved through time. Hotspots in bathtubs get evened out (luke warm) What we say to reculons will be heard backwards. You would think if you said something in 1980 you were starting the conversation but since he replied in 2000 he might think he did (that is earlier in his life) ii) You could warn them their church will burn down in a set year but they cant do anything about it because it has already happened. iii)
