torekp comments on Timeless Control - Less Wrong

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Comment author: torekp 07 September 2014 04:03:09PM 1 point [-]

This post really knocks it out of the park. The diagrams are very appropriate and clear. If the book of sequences is still a (re-)work in progress, I strongly encourage making this part prominent.

One must avoid mixing up timeless and timeful thinking. E.g., trying to have "Determinism" acting on things before they happen. Determinism is a timeless viewpoint, so it doesn't mix well with words like "before".

I was going to write something quite similar in my own blog - and I might still - but I thought, "I didn't read the whole free will sequence, I wonder if EY mentioned the block universe?" My thunder done been stole! Well, mostly.