Quote from Hamstermannen

Speaking of time holes, there´s an article published in "Science Illustrated"* that speaks of another view of fate and time. It says that for every decision one makes, or any time you change your surroundings, a number of alternative universes is created. All these universes reflects what could have happened and what did happen. If you would overview all these universes, you would be able to see the possible results of different peoples actions - in the present and the future alike. If you would try to change your current situation by traveling back in time and change something back then, you simply choose another path. Your original universe stays the same, and your new one is not changed either.

This theory contradicts the one I spoke of earlier (the all-atoms-bounce-around-in-a-special-way-theory), because if everything was predestined, no alternative universes would exist (except in theory of course). Instead, it encourages free will as you are free to chose your own path within the many - but not infinite - possible universes.

As I see it, both of these theories have their pros and cons. The first one makes more sense to me, but on the other hand if time traveling should be made possible, nothing of it would make sense anymore. The second one easily allows for time travel (more like alternative-universe-travel though), a question that many a bright scientists have rubbed their brows over. Also, I´m not very secure with the branches of science that these theories are based upon. No one has ever said that the truth of everything is simple enough for anyone to understand it :\

* In pure swedish "Illustrerad Vetenskap". Dunno the english title.

Quote from treeoflife

I Disagree. If There Are For Example Conjoined Twins, They Both Learn Exactly The Same Things But Grow Into Different Personalities, They Make Decisions On Their Own.

Quote from Bricked

Here's my two cents.

While we can nitpick and say "Oh but this atom was here and we learned it meant this thing so we did this" but **** that. It doesn't mean shit to me. As much as I would like to be accurate and say "there is no free will we are guided by instinct and surroundings" I don't want to. Maybe this makes me a sissy, less of a man or something. I don't care. I would rather believe that we can make our own decisions as an act of free will than to be some kind of accuracy whore. I would rather believe in what it looks like than "this atom told us to do this, you didn't make a decision at all".

Quote from Zurbz

Pretty much making this thread has defied your theory. Why would anything influence your thoughts on this. You simply became aware on your own. Now if everything were on a track, then the course would not allow you to become self aware, as that risks a chance of breaking the track. Although, the course could quite possibly bound you to become self-aware....well..... I guess you'll never be able to tell, since if you come to a true conclusion, your already bound to right now. And the thoughts that you think have influenced your actions, were already set and supposed to happen.