Could you forgive someone who shot you?

[bewitched]

Alex, your posts remind me of the theory of parallel universes.

If every outcome of every decision of every moment exists, are we truly experiencing free will? Or is free will only self perception? That would inevitably lead to the question of actuality (reality) vs potentiality (possibilities). I mean, are we actually being deterministic, or are we hurtling along into an infinite number of outcomes/potentialities (that have, and will always exist) each one predetermined by the outcome preceeding it? And if our conscious state is perceiving the actuality which we inhabit, are we exercising free will, or are we "perceiving" free will? So I guess this would break off from your interpretation insofar as it's not so much a chemical determination, but that each action is followed by a predetermined outcome since the initial action split the potential future actions off from the infinite number of other future actions.

In short, are we living an actuality in a sea of possibilities (i.e. we have free will)? Or are we each living a potentiality in a sea of infinite actualities (parallel universes)?

And yes, if you think about this too long, it will totally screw with your brain.



(Damn Brian Greene for being so cute that I had to read his book).

...also wondering if that spewed from my brain correctly...