Originally posted by Gzus:
they are not blocks, simply infinitely small increment. this is however a simplification. time itself is not a block. the fact is, we are constantly changing, you are different from the person that existed 10 seconds ago and you exist only for an infinitely small period before passing out of existence. In this sense, 'you' do not experience anything since 'you' exist only at one infinitely small point in time. it may seem as if you are moving forward in time, experiencing it, but all you really are is a collection of memories and an impulse, a frozen picture.
i disagree completely... it doesn't matter how "long" this existence is, there is still existence for some measureable duration... the most that can be said for your view is, we exist now until for each of us individually there is no more 'now'... i happen to believe that we exist "now" eternally, but that's a different story
what you wrote seems to contain internal inconsistencies... you say "..you are different from the person that existed 10 seconds ago.." and then, "..'you' do not experience anything since 'you' exist only at one infinitely small point in time.." how can someone whose existence you don't deny, no matter the duration, experience nothing *during* that existence? what are experiences if not "collection(s) of memories?"
outside of that, your "infinitely small period" is not actually infinite since, by your own words, it ends
added by edit: so john is in fact correct that you view time like blocks you stack on top of one another, and your words don't show disagreement with him (in spite of having said "they are not blocks..")... if infinite, "now" won't end... if not infinite, stacked increments
[This message has been edited by forgiven, 12-24-2002]