Unfortunatly, you have reminded me of a science fiction story i once read.
In it,
the technology to scan the past is built. It really makes you think, what
would
we find and all. A story about the unknown yielding to the ingenious mind.
The
kind of thing i worship.
>> We don't know that for sure yet. As far as we know,
>> the universe might be self-contradictory.
>
>Really? If there is one thing that my engineering education has taught me,
>it's that no scientist takes that view point seriously. I find it
>*inconceivable* that true isosemantic semantic statements about objective
>reality could be contradictory. (that is, the idea is so basic to my "box"
>that I'm not aware of any thought which exists outside of it -- as opposed
>to most of the others, where at least there negation is conceivable, if not
>likely). Perhaps you have an example in mind?
Thankfully, no. I'm also glad that noone takes the position seriously. I
just
don't like to rule things out. And one of the things i don't rule out is
that one
part of the universe might contradict another. i realize that to an extent
this
decreases the definition of universe, but i'm going to stick by it.
corey