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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So, what you're talking about (the past and future appearing different to different observers) sounds like a different concept to what this comic was about; if im understanding your meaning, that's something that comes up from relativity, and as such has a bit more grounding to it than any position on if other points in time exist somewhere else along a "time axis" already or if the future is truly unwritten. Either position on the nature of time will result in a universe that looks exactly the same from our perspective, and therefore can only be speculated on, but relativity makes physically testable predictions that can be experimentally verified. I can't really explain it adequately as I only understand the basics myself (though from what I know, nobody ever actually observes the future, its more that different observers see the time between connected events compressed compared to others).

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

For context this is one of the videos I watched that got me trying to understand, I’m not even sure I know enough to properly explain, it just didn’t sound reasonable to me. Like a lot of mental level flaws that makes me think I’m just not smart enough to understand.

https://youtu.be/um6BmPo5PZc

I do appreciate the response, thank you!