Time?

[Danny Boy]

Well these are very interesting points, but my question was "Does time flow? Yes,No and why." and not "Is the future predetermined or not?". However, I am going to tell my opinion about this. I believe that the universe is chaotic and that means it is more than capable of being unpredictable. The future doesn't exist. It just will happen. No one knows what the future holds(God is an exception if you are relegious I will come here later). Simple mathematical equations(the most simple you can think of) with nothing random in them can have outcomes that are entirely unpredictable(eg z = z² + c). Considering this, the universe doesn't need to be predetermined.

About God for relegious: God gave humans free choice which means future is not predetermined. What happens though it that he/she/it(?) has access to all the dimensions at once. Think of you. You are a 3D being and you can see EVERYTHING on a 2D surface(paper). A 4D being would see everything in a 3D surface(inside buildings,human bodies etc.). Now an infinite dimensional being like god would have access to all dimensions. Therefore he can "see" all the "times" or "time moments" at once.

But the thing is. Nothing in the universe is "Random" there is no particle that floats around at random directions (whit the apparent exception of quantum physics but I am not in the mood to explain how they can also be predicted... maybe I'll explain later if i have to). There is the first initial interaction (the big bang) and than there is the consequence (the present and the future). Physical iterations can be 100% predicted. if what you say of the universe being chaotic were true. than the weather forecasters would never have a seemingly accurate prediction for the next day or even the next hour! they would simply trow at us some random results of an infinite list of possible scenarios! and that is not the case in our reality! they can very accurately predict whether it will rain tomorrow or not! the only reason for them not being able to predict 100% the earth's weather for the next 2000 years its due to the lack of data (every life form on earth. every pebble and rock. every atom and electron, etc) and computing power!

You could also say that even though the universe can be predicted, the result would never be the real one due to the fact we have "free will". The is no free will. only the Illusion of it. Its like a rock aware it is falling down a hill, but completely convinced that it is moving itself to the bottom, when in fact its just gravity.