An example of such a debate would be a situation where all traces of humanity were suddenly removed from the universe, — Bradaction
every event "shapes" subsequent reality, so nothing is ever really "forgotten" by the universe as a whole
Perhaps upon reaching the end of the universe, a fate which is pre-determined, that any previous event did not shape that reality, a reality in which the universe does not exist, and thus all previous events are forgotten.every event shapes subsequent reality.
It appears then that the only situation in which this occur would be the end of the universe itself, in which the universe would be unable to retain any memory of the past. — Bradaction
Unless perhaps there is an "information dimension"?
Just as billions of humans are born, live and die, billions of Big Bangs have been, and will continue to occur and re-occur throughout an infinite space
The "checking" is not determinative of an objects existence.
Yes this does make a lot of sense. I suppose that regardless of whether or not the exitance of an object can be "checked" or not, doesn't change the fact that it did exist. — Bradaction
And given that "our present" so far has lasted about two hundred and fifty millennia (and counting), this "fate" is not locally experienced to be as obliviously ephemeral as it really is in grand cosmic scheme of things. Fortunately too, we're merely proximate and not ultimate beings. So, to the degree we are wise: "We must imagine Sisyphus happy." :victory: :mask:We only exist now, in the present, and the truth of all entities in the universe, is that we will cease to exist. Permanently, and entirely.
This is our fate. — Bradaction
one need not be 'religious' to speculate that it's plausible that even "permanent" nonexistence and obliivion are impermanent ... if you wait a few eons.
Therefore time is not moving. — hypericin
If something has no effect on the universe, and then itself fades from said universe, through both memory and physical existence, then it does not exist, and it never has existed. — Bradaction
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