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Imagine you could start your life again, at a pivotal point in your life. Would you choose the same path? Where would you start and what would you do differently?
I thought about this myself and there are things I'd probably be tempted to change, things that made my life miserable at the time, but then I thought more and realised that these things, however bad, helped shape me into the person I am today. Sometimes a really bad incident or time in your life can produce positive results. However, sometimes you just wonder what it would be like to take a different course. Would a previous love have worked out if you had made different decisions? Would that fight you walked away from be any different if you had faced up to it? Would you have even survived this long?
Questions, many that cannot be answered, but it's a great way to make yourself realise that you are more than the sum of your experiences.
But still I wonder…What if?
I thought about this myself and there are things I'd probably be tempted to change, things that made my life miserable at the time, but then I thought more and realised that these things, however bad, helped shape me into the person I am today. Sometimes a really bad incident or time in your life can produce positive results. However, sometimes you just wonder what it would be like to take a different course. Would a previous love have worked out if you had made different decisions? Would that fight you walked away from be any different if you had faced up to it? Would you have even survived this long?
Questions, many that cannot be answered, but it's a great way to make yourself realise that you are more than the sum of your experiences.
But still I wonder…What if?
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@ng3l wrote:
> but i believe that the things that have happened in my life happened for a reason.
well, clearly. the boy falling off of his bike would break his leg, because gravity pulled him to the floor and he fell in such a position that forces moved until a point where the bone breaks. theres a reason. but it has no deeper meaning.
> but i believe that the things that have happened in my life happened for a reason.
well, clearly. the boy falling off of his bike would break his leg, because gravity pulled him to the floor and he fell in such a position that forces moved until a point where the bone breaks. theres a reason. but it has no deeper meaning.
Ive had many ups and downs in my life, but i believe that the things that have happened in my life happened for a reason. I wouldnt change anything at all.
Like his broken leg, which could cause problems in later life because it'll always be weaker than one that has never been broken.
in response to the billy or jimmy story, the time between the marriage and the time of him falling off the bike will have dramatically changed between one story and another. also, other things will have different circumstances etc. after the marriage.
If you follow the bible, one of the points it makes is that free will, and it's abuse, is what caused mankind's fall from perfection.
Fate does not exist, even the decidedly unscientific religions admit to free will.
But equally, if you took another option then there is also the possibility that fate would guide you in the same direction you would have already gone in.
Partly to do with predetermined destiny, but not exclusively. You don't have to subscribe to the idea of destiny, as this could be something entirely different, just the earth's way of working out what should happen.
ie:
In one reality:
Billy falls of his bike and ends up in hospital for 3 weeks with a broken leg. Just before he comes out he meets a girl called Emily in the next ward and they become friends. They keep in touch and eventually get married.
In the other reality:
Billy does not fall off his bike. Three weeks later his gran is taken in to hospital for a routine operation and he meets a girl called Emily in the ward. They keep in touch and eventually get married.
And in another reality:
Billy doesn't have a bike, he prefers walking. Billy's gran is fine and doesn't need to go to hospital. Years later he bumps in to someone called Emily in the street and realises that he lives down the road from her. They get talking and eventually get married.
Partly to do with predetermined destiny, but not exclusively. You don't have to subscribe to the idea of destiny, as this could be something entirely different, just the earth's way of working out what should happen.
ie:
In one reality:
Billy falls of his bike and ends up in hospital for 3 weeks with a broken leg. Just before he comes out he meets a girl called Emily in the next ward and they become friends. They keep in touch and eventually get married.
In the other reality:
Billy does not fall off his bike. Three weeks later his gran is taken in to hospital for a routine operation and he meets a girl called Emily in the ward. They keep in touch and eventually get married.
And in another reality:
Billy doesn't have a bike, he prefers walking. Billy's gran is fine and doesn't need to go to hospital. Years later he bumps in to someone called Emily in the street and realises that he lives down the road from her. They get talking and eventually get married.
Another way of looking at it, on a grander scale, is this.
Anyone whose parents are around 50-60 years old should remember that their parents were born directly after teh second World War, after every war there is a "Baby Boom" caused by soldier returning from war and getting back together, and having sex, with their partners when they return. Hence, no Second World War, and tons of people don't exist, tons of technology does not exist etc
Anyone whose parents are around 50-60 years old should remember that their parents were born directly after teh second World War, after every war there is a "Baby Boom" caused by soldier returning from war and getting back together, and having sex, with their partners when they return. Hence, no Second World War, and tons of people don't exist, tons of technology does not exist etc
And when you meet someone at the party...
In 50 years you'll have a great story for the grandkids. How if it wasn't for SR then they wouldn't be around.
Although point well proven.
In 50 years you'll have a great story for the grandkids. How if it wasn't for SR then they wouldn't be around.
Although point well proven.
pb wrote:
> This is always a 'given' in any discussion on time travel, but how do
> we know? Who has tried it out? It's just a useful tool someone
> invented to make time travel stories more interesting.
Here's my example.
A couple of weeks back, I wrote a review for a graphics card on SR, and won GAD for it. It took me two days to decide what to claim, MS Flight Sim 2004 in the end. So because it had taken two days to decide, I received it two days later than I could have. When I received it it took a week to see there was zero playability in it, so I ebayed it, for £40. On a 3 day auction, buyer paid with Paypal, which took 5 days to transfer to me, so yesterday I went to Nottingham to spend it, and saw somebody I hadn't seen since A Levels, and now I'm going to their party next month.
If just one thing had been different, then I'm not in the right place to see that person at that time, and hence don't go to the party, which means at the time, next month, when I'm at the party, I would have been elsewhere.
There's nothing confusing, it's cause and effect.
> This is always a 'given' in any discussion on time travel, but how do
> we know? Who has tried it out? It's just a useful tool someone
> invented to make time travel stories more interesting.
Here's my example.
A couple of weeks back, I wrote a review for a graphics card on SR, and won GAD for it. It took me two days to decide what to claim, MS Flight Sim 2004 in the end. So because it had taken two days to decide, I received it two days later than I could have. When I received it it took a week to see there was zero playability in it, so I ebayed it, for £40. On a 3 day auction, buyer paid with Paypal, which took 5 days to transfer to me, so yesterday I went to Nottingham to spend it, and saw somebody I hadn't seen since A Levels, and now I'm going to their party next month.
If just one thing had been different, then I'm not in the right place to see that person at that time, and hence don't go to the party, which means at the time, next month, when I'm at the party, I would have been elsewhere.
There's nothing confusing, it's cause and effect.
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