Posted by T Smith
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Posted by Alien Ramone
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IF:
All times exist at once with all time branches existing at once and being the result of travel to different points in time.
THEN:
Isn't the universe just a more complicated version of the "mechanical universe" with everything already predetermined in the sense that all outcomes already exist?
Yes. All that can exists, already exists. In a sense, you can say all events that can exist, do exist, and therefore everything is pre-determinined.
Think of it like a vast, endless sea. It's all there. As conscious beings, we navigate the sea and move through it.