History and Philosophy of Physics

    

The Future is the Past

Authors: Roger Schlafly

Modern physics has come to conclusions about time, causality, and reality that have outpaced our language and intuitions. The idea that humanity should steer the future is a cognitive prejudice, based on an ancient misperception of time. Modern physics has brought us a new fatalism about the future, and more reason to focus on the past. The consequence is that there is no future to steer, and humanity is not what we expect.

Comments: 10 Pages. Submitted to the 2014 FQXi essay contest.

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