So is the future unwritten?

Question

So is the future unwritten?

Answer 1

Given the apparent infinity of the universe, that is one that never began and may never end ...ANYTHING is possible ...except the end or the beginning.

Answer 2

Its already written.

"Our decisions are predetermined unconsciously a long time before our consciousness kicks in," says John-Dylan Haynes, a neuroscientist at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, who led the study. It definitely throws our concept of free will into doubt, he adds.

This is by no means the first time scientists have cast doubt on conscious free will. In the early 1980s, the late neuroscientist Benjamin Libet uncovered a spark of brain activity three tenths of a second before subjects opted to lift a finger. The activity flickered in a region of the brain involved in planning body movement.

But this region might perform only the final mental calculations to move, not the initial decision to lift a finger, Haynes says."

The idea of determinism is that all events are the results of previous causes. If we heated a bar of iron, and the bar expanded, we would say that the heat was the cause of expansion.

The idea of a physically determined universe is associated with Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727). This is sometimes called the billiard ball view of nature: A billiard ball will only move when acted on by another force such as another billiard ball hitting it. If we could measure the exact velocity and angle of the first billiard ball, we could predict the movement of the second.

The philosophical problem comes with human beings. If we were to accept the empirical view that human beings are organized systems of matter and that our minds are formed as a result of experiences then we may want to explain human behavior in terms of cause and effect.

If we knew enough about the biological make up of an individual, his early childhood experiences and the social and historical circumstances he was born into, then perhaps we could predict all of his actions. From this point of view the idea of free will (the ability to choose) is simply the result of or ignorance of all of the causal factors.

Determinism is actually backed up with a lot of evidence. However, uncountable people do not believe because it just seems illogical to them. Free will(choice) is merely an illusion that is part of determinism. So, in the big picture everything is determined but small choices we make, make up our destiny(the big picture) so it really depends on your perspective.

But note that determinism may not the case at quantum level, quantum mechanics suggests that everything is all probabilistic, which is not really compatible with determinism.

Answer 3

...NO!!!...it generally is when i go to the supermarket to purchase items on my list...

...i live in the moment and can plan for it if it works out...

Answer 4

Yes, but we're functionally illiterate to the language.

Answer 5

So is the future unwritten?

It's supposed to be but there are many agenda's in play that are trying to write history has we know it.

Answer 6

The future isn't predetermined.

Though God knows our futures

he doesn't interfere with our free will.

So, be it written or unwritten it's still

a complete mystery to us. However;

in the book of Revelation, if you're

a Believer, the future is written

as plain as day.

Therefore, I would have to disagree

and attest that the future is written.

Peace/Joy

Answer 7

As yet the future is a story that we can attempt to write now but the truth remains unwritten.

Answer 8

hey Dude

There are a multitude of scripts out there and the players are not all talented so even if it is written the actual play out will be much different than anyone has expected as it is all free form action.

Answer 9

Yes, the future is unwritten in the sense of not knowing what destiny or fate will bring. The only thing that is kind of certain is the governments' rules and regulations ruling the country (some which are silly rules). We also dont know what natural disasters will happen in the future or what environmental factors will change things.

Answer 10

Well, it doesn't exist.  Life is a constant unfoldment of the unmanifest manifesting Itself.

Answer 11

Yes and no. The earth turns, and we know it will keep turning--so that is expected. Certain physical things keep happening, whether or not we try to influence them--weather patterns, growth cycles, etc.  But YOUR future? How YOU will be? That's unwritten. You move through a physical world, sure--but that world is filled with infinite combinations and possibilities, even though it is finite.  It is the grand paradox--that within the finite, the infinite exists entire.

Answer 12

yes. every day someone thinks of something that could potentially change the world.  nothing is set in stone until it has actually happened