do you believe in the future?

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as something distinct from the present

dead (Lamp), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:57 (nine years ago)

nah, time is an illusion

bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:58 (nine years ago)

I believe in ever increasing entropy.

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:00 (nine years ago)

things get generally better I find doom-mongering not much more than a manifestation of ego spread out to cover an entire generation so yeah the future nice one can't wait

irl lol (darraghmac), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:07 (nine years ago)

Not sure the present has an identity distinct from the future or the past. They all require each other as reference points.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:11 (nine years ago)

you mean as in its not being shit

j., Friday, 31 July 2015 16:24 (nine years ago)

Yeah per the law of Beavis and Butthead.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:28 (nine years ago)

i once was stoned and wrote the following proof on my phone

definition:
x: sequence of parameters in R^infinity
t: time (in R)
U(x,t) : R^infinity x R -> R^3 (universe function)
the past = int_{-infinity}^{t} U(x,t) dt
future = int_{t}^{+infinity} U(x,t) dt
present = int_{t}^{t} U(x,t) dt
theorem: only the past exists
proof: the future hasn't happened yet so its existence is unverifiable. the present has measure zero. qed

flopson, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:28 (nine years ago)

when you start thinking about events on a geologic time-scale even Ancient History is absurdly irrelevant and recent, and it makes our anthropocene future look very doomed + not very long by previous epochal standards.

xelab, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:46 (nine years ago)

Lol

The Once-ler, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:47 (nine years ago)

That was for xp

The Once-ler, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:50 (nine years ago)

when you start thinking about events on a geologic time-scale even Ancient History is absurdly irrelevant and recent, and it makes our anthropocene future look very doomed + not very long by previous epochal standards.

― xelab, Friday, July 31, 2015 3:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whenever people say this i'm like... so what?

flopson, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:50 (nine years ago)

Exactly.

Also my main reason for pushing for carbon emission caps is because I want a better selection of hybrids with better mileage.

The Once-ler, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:53 (nine years ago)

like it's not like anyone was impatiently checking their watch during the billions of years when the earth was a lifeless pebble?

flopson, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:54 (nine years ago)

how come the range of U(.) is R^3

tpp, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:56 (nine years ago)

(not that it affects the statement of your undeniable proof)

tpp, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:57 (nine years ago)

http://www.renegademothering.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/circle-time.jpg

Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:59 (nine years ago)

how many dimensions does the universe you live in have?

flopson, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:00 (nine years ago)

holding time constant obv

i count three

flopson, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:00 (nine years ago)

ok.

idk whether you need to integrate over all possible futures

tpp, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:15 (nine years ago)

i believe in the post-history

Mordy, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:19 (nine years ago)

integrating over all possible futures would be

int_X int_t^infty U(x,t) dt dx

no?

flopson, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:44 (nine years ago)

i think the future will be p cool as long as we don't bake the shit out of our skies and my grandkids don't have to live beneath the dirt

sometimes i'm sad that i wasn't born further in the future. now that we're really good at preserving stuff you can listen to all the pop songs from before you were born, so being born later just means you can listen to more pop songs. it's sad that there will be jams after i die that i'll never get to hear

flopson, Friday, 31 July 2015 21:00 (nine years ago)

i believe in the post-history.

I'm living it.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BHCg1A4VL._SY344_BO1.jpg

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Friday, 31 July 2015 21:08 (nine years ago)

feel like i was born at a pretty decent time. i have disposable contacts, air conditioning, saw culture club in an arena. lotta good jams to download, more than i can even listen to. (np: 'da butt')

the future is probably going to happen but in general i don't really want to be a part of it

mookieproof, Saturday, 1 August 2015 00:05 (nine years ago)

I love the future.

Jeff, Saturday, 1 August 2015 00:47 (nine years ago)

chicago mass transit is only gonna deteriorate further u know

mookieproof, Saturday, 1 August 2015 03:31 (nine years ago)

do you felieve in the buture?

switching letters guy, Saturday, 1 August 2015 05:41 (nine years ago)


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