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Francisco · 10-15-2005, 05:55 PM

I don't know why he couldn't just watch. But remember, the being you are describing knew what he is watching was going to happen before he is now seen just sitting there "watching things" happen, as you put it. Why he is watching, I don't know. It's your scenario. But I presume he could be just making sure he hasn't lost his omniscient powers. Or for some reason he himself, not being the creator (he's not, is he?), has no choice but to sit and watch. But these kinds of musings lead us to a sort of absurdism philosophy.

To get to the other part of your question, it would seem that if the being knows what will happen, then it is inevitable that thing will happen, and if it is inevitable then the inevitablity was "rigged" (remember I didn't choose that word, because it means different things to different people), except I have no way of knowing who or what rigged it. Only you can tell me that, as you created this scenario - but I don't think this script holds together unless there was a rigging apparatus somewhere in the back-story. But I could be wrong. It could just be a bad movie.

Or perhaps one by Ingmar Bergman, the deeper meanings of which, I'll confess, I never did fully appreciate.

10-15-2005, 05:55 PM	#169 (permalink)
Francisco Banned	I don't know why he couldn't just watch. But remember, the being you are describing knew what he is watching was going to happen before he is now seen just sitting there "watching things" happen, as you put it. Why he is watching, I don't know. It's your scenario. But I presume he could be just making sure he hasn't lost his omniscient powers. Or for some reason he himself, not being the creator (he's not, is he?), has no choice but to sit and watch. But these kinds of musings lead us to a sort of absurdism philosophy. To get to the other part of your question, it would seem that if the being knows what will happen, then it is inevitable that thing will happen, and if it is inevitable then the inevitablity was "rigged" (remember I didn't choose that word, because it means different things to different people), except I have no way of knowing who or what rigged it. Only you can tell me that, as you created this scenario - but I don't think this script holds together unless there was a rigging apparatus somewhere in the back-story. But I could be wrong. It could just be a bad movie. Or perhaps one by Ingmar Bergman, the deeper meanings of which, I'll confess, I never did fully appreciate. Last edited by Francisco; 10-15-2005 at 06:58 PM..