Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Re: Causality Message-ID: <16@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 08:54:04 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.16 Posted: Tue Sep 18 08:54:04 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 08:36:55 EDT References: <13448@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 17 (Apply :-) to entire reply) > What's wrong with event A affecting event B in event A's past? You >can't go back and shoot your own mother before you were born because you >exist, and obviously you failed. If we assume the universe is >consistant [and not random chaos], then we must assume inconsistancies >(such as shooting your own mother) will not arise. It does not, >however, place time constrictions on cause and effect. Who says you can't even do that? Perhaps your existence is actually just a probablility function. If P(existence) becomes small enough you'll just disappear. Maybe that explains all those mysterious disappearances (``He just walked around the horses a moment ago...'') -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland