The future of the universe was determined from the moment it was born. When, where, exactly what will happen was created automatically at the time of the Big Bang. Cosmic events are like a pre-made film or video. If viewed from outside the universe, this video or film has both its past and future existence from somewhere in the middle of the film/ video.
Your statement reflects a deterministic view of the universe, which holds that every event and action has a cause and is thus predictable. According to this view, free will is an illusion and human behavior is governed by internal or external forces over which we have no control. This view is supported by some scientific theories, such as the laws of physics, the theory of evolution, and the principle of causality.
However, there are also arguments and evidence for the existence of free will, which is the ability to act or behave in a certain way without being constrained by external or internal factors. According to this view, human beings have a choice and can influence their own destiny. This view is supported by some philosophical theories, such as existentialism, libertarianism, and compatibilism.
Compatibilism is a position that tries to reconcile determinism and free will by claiming that they are not incompatible. Compatibilists argue that human actions can be both determined by prior causes and free in the sense that they reflect the agent's desires, reasons, or values. Compatibilists also distinguish between different types of causes, such as physical, psychological, or moral, and different types of freedom, such as negative, positive, or moral.
Therefore, the question of whether the past and the future of the universe exist is not a simple one to answer. It depends on how one defines existence, causation, and freedom. It also depends on how one evaluates the empirical and logical evidence for and against determinism and free will. It is a topic that has been debated for centuries by philosophers, scientists, theologians, and ordinary people.
Sumeru Ray This deterministic point of view is one that I do not share. On the largest scale the evolution of the universe is predetermined but when it comes to events such as the formation of the solar system and life on Earth this was not predetermined but a random coincidence. See video.
https://youtu.be/QjZg6WQp8mU
Richard
Okay, saying that there is, by itself, will not do anything, why should we assume that the world is changing like this?
Is there a mathematical model or concept for this idea?
The Universe is Infinite, Eternal, Ever-Changing, Self-Defined and Mediated by Dialectical Chance and Necessity, from the Quantum to the Cosmic.
It is a Dialectical Universe!
"Ambartsumian, Arp and the Breeding Galaxies":
http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V12NO2PDF/V12N2MAL.pdf
“… however many millions of suns and earths may arise and pass away, however long it may last before the conditions for organic life develop, however innumerable the organic beings that have to arise and pass away before animals with a brain capable of thought are developed from their midst, and for a short span of time find conditions suitable for life, only to be exterminated later without mercy, we have the certainty that matter remains eternally the same in all its transformations, that none of its attributes can ever be lost, and therefore also, that with the same iron necessity that it will exterminate on the earth its highest creation, the thinking mind, it must somewhere else and at another time again produce it.” F. Engels, “Dialectics of Nature”.
In my opinion, it can be said in this regard, because the evolution of the world from the beginning to now is like a movie, it is not a proof that it is forced. Inside a closed box, the world-shaping elements interact with each other according to physical fields and it is possible to create final states, in the end, each of these states has a causal path! Causality will never be violated. It is true that many of these interactions are on a quantum scale, but the sum of all events will eventually have a verifiable causality.
In fact, human free will has no conflict with predestination or quasi-predestination. In fact, because we do not have a significant impact on many of the events around us, it is as if we are in an algebra around us in which we have relative discretion. We are not free to do whatever we want, just like the movement of a mouse in a maze, the mouse is free to choose the path only at crossroads! But it is not possible to pass through the walls! Unless it tunnels like an electron!
My sincere thanks to all of you for your thoughtful opinions.
Here are the links of my two previously published research papers, hopefully these two research articles will help a lot in understanding the current topic.
I would like to mention one particular deficiency in this context, my research papers remain incomplete as I am not at all good at making equations and mathematical formulas.
What exactly Destiny is: an exploration from a scientific viewpoint
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357082089_What_exactly_Destiny_is_an_exploration_from_a_scientific_viewpoint
UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365637433_UNRAVELING_THE_MYSTERY_OF_THE_CREATION_OF_THE_UNIVERSE_The_background_of_the_creation_of_the_universe_and_all_the_mysteries_from_the_beginning_to_the_end_of_the_creation_of_the_universe_are_revealed_h?_sg%5B0%5D=3SgxCMxnz9v2lQw7NNIDOC1M10OVLQa0097uPlyL6baRAl_RPvDtvgvZeqeUkD_CPPIaf2pzBltfI_kp-YGAJRsgMWwaAwGmcvNBcwIP.qsGRr7m336ZA8rqZS4JU--uiqa9woDKtsPhWE9V1mbog-DvdBeJB91NUM-kgiBJe3d6AI9toRTP0qhGgymhVpw
Excellent contribution from Abdul Malek Physical science is still alive.
Dear Stephen I. Ternyik : Thanks for your profoundly perceptive comment; your appreciation and for your kind words!
Best regards,
Abdul
Disagree with this view. This is a denial of the free will of man, if the future is determined, there is no free will, the future is uncertain, because the living species has a free will.
Due to lack of Adequate knowledge and consciousness, we perceive or regard ourselves as an egoic entity, as an independent and self-governing doer. Due to lack of sufficient knowledge and consciousness, we do not realize that our existence, all our thoughts, behavior and activities are dependent on many things and are being guided by many events.
All human-centric problems started from here. We don't see the root cause of the problem. We don't look at the root of the problem. We blindly search for solutions in its branches.
Many events are born from one event. Many more events are created from those events. Again, countless events were born from those events. In this way numerous events continue to be created in a consistent manner. Our present existence is the product of that traditional course of events. Not only that, we and all our activities are nothing but part of the universal stream of events. But our ignorant mind is not ready to accept it.
From that primordial event at the beginning of the creation of this universe, all events originated and everything was created. Everything that has happened here ~ is happening and will happen in the future ~ is automatically determined by that primordial event at the very beginning of creation. This predetermined and unchangeable course of events is what we call destiny or fate.
If you are interested to know about fate in detail, please read my research paper published in an international science journal. Thank you
"Due to lack of Adequate knowledge and consciousness, we perceive or regard ourselves as an egoic entity, as an independent and self-governing doer."
This is pure spiritual humbuggism Indian style. What everybody else lack, only "I" have "Adequate knowledge and consciousness", and can speak with authority, because I am chosen and transcendent "MahaManas" and "I" have direct spiritual communication with the creator, for all knowledge of the universe!
It seems that even for theology dominated and bankrupt modern official theoretical physics, hunting for a so-called "theory of everything" - "The Mind Of God" (thanks to Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking); the spiritual East is the source of all objective truth, light and knowledge! The eightfold way of Murry Gell-Mann's (1961) paper is an allusion to the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism. CERN, an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and is based in a suburb of Geneva, ( which "discovered the God Particle"), is adorned and blessed with the statue of the Hindu deity Shiva (Natraj) in its premise.
Sources of profound "scientific" knowledge, indeed!
Thinking oneself to have sufficient knowledge and consciousness is a sign of a person's lack of knowledge and consciousness.
We are all travelers on the path to developing consciousness. No matter how wise and scholarly one is, no one knows and cannot know everything. It is not possible to say the last word here, no theory or fact can be declared as absolute truth.
We resort to faith to compensate for the lack of knowledge. Taking refuge in faith in any matter implies the imperfection of knowledge. Many wise people use the words temporary or provisional knowledge and provisional belief in case to knowledge and belief.
We have found many prudent people at different times, and in some people we have seen the temporary development or awakening of higher consciousness, so there is no one in this world who is completely omniscient, and no one can be. A person with a little extraordinary power becomes omniscient to a less intelligent person.
@Abdul Malek
My theory and philosophy proceed along the path of logic and probability. So it can be called philosophy and theory of science. I do not claim divine vision anywhere.
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