Is the future certain? Or does it follow the uncertainties of position and velocity? Are parallel universes spun off based on the possible outcomes of the simple choices we make everyday. In my pursuit of philosophy inspired by science fiction, thrillers and everyday monotony, I seem to believe that there exists a certain homogeneity of fate and the way this characteristic affects the certainty of our lives at large.
I have learnt, from my misadventures in the Stock Markets, relationships and some part baked hobbies I pursued, that short terms can be broken down into three parts based on how short sighted you can force yourself to be. I classify these as (a) in the next couple of hours, (b) in the next couple of days and (c) in the next couple of months.Of course, given the turbulence of the markets these days, a couple of months can actually become long term but that is not so much my point of pondering; although broadly speaking I am not quite sure what I am pondering about.
Coming back to the terms of short term and applying some partially learnt calculus, I believe that the the short-short term (next couple of hours) I will continue to do what I am doing and probably what I was doing for the last couple – in this case pondering over some non-productive banalities. So not much decision making goes into the continuance of doing what I am doing. Hence I am not spinning off any decision trees leading to possible alternate universes and hence the future is pretty certain. I will continue on the journey of writing this blog that I will myself probably be confused hazy of the short term viz. next couple of days.
In my mind the short terms (next couple of days) is going to be occupied with blocks of short-short terms. Now there is some change in direction of actions that I take. For example I will not spend the next couple of days growing birds in my beard writing away. I will rise, have dinner, get some work done, sleep and brush my teeth twice a day while half asleep both times. The underlying theme remains pretty constant.
Now, some will argue (since argument does not cost money, effort or much of any intellect for most arguers) that maintaining this underlying theme is a choice and who know what universe is spawned by the alternate me deciding to break the cycle, shoot some people (chiefly at my workplace) and be happy about generally achieving nothing but a prolonged prison term. I do salute the alternate me with the balls to doom himself in the prison for the foreseeable future (this is long-long term). Short of that kind of an uncertainty that happens on ‘a good dream leading to a bad nightmare’ scenarios, I am sure that in the next couple of days I will continue doing the same old same old.
Now when I consider the long-short term, that presents some possibilities of altering the certainty of the future (although what might persuade someone to want or crave an uncertain future is a thought for lunatics; and I do know some idiots who swear by ‘you never know’ attitude being healthy for the heart) although riding the same logic that the long-short term comprises of blocks of short terms which in themselves occupy many short-short terms, nothing is going to change very drastically. But then assuming that I am able to force myself to break the inertia of not choosing lunacy of craving some uncertainty of my future and ask myself the question - ‘what do I want from life?’, the possible universes and realities are many. But then there is a opposing force of the great philosopher and scriptwriter of the Matrix trilogy said “the purpose of life is to end”. So in the case that we take the absoluteness of the philosophy that birth and life is the leading cause for death (a natural corollary, I think, of human mortality) I am led inevitably to place my bets on the fact (this is meaning of life stuff!) that fate, no matter what it’s impact results in a broadly homogenous path. Grown, grow tall, grow old and then die. I think therefore that the only possible impact of fate finds representation in the quality of funeral. In general that seems like a very depressing and dark ambition to pursue.
I cannot conclude my train of thought, at least not in any short term perspective, so as asinine as it may be I am inclined towards ‘you never know they might discover immortality’ and leave it at that….
I have learnt, from my misadventures in the Stock Markets, relationships and some part baked hobbies I pursued, that short terms can be broken down into three parts based on how short sighted you can force yourself to be. I classify these as (a) in the next couple of hours, (b) in the next couple of days and (c) in the next couple of months.Of course, given the turbulence of the markets these days, a couple of months can actually become long term but that is not so much my point of pondering; although broadly speaking I am not quite sure what I am pondering about.
Coming back to the terms of short term and applying some partially learnt calculus, I believe that the the short-short term (next couple of hours) I will continue to do what I am doing and probably what I was doing for the last couple – in this case pondering over some non-productive banalities. So not much decision making goes into the continuance of doing what I am doing. Hence I am not spinning off any decision trees leading to possible alternate universes and hence the future is pretty certain. I will continue on the journey of writing this blog that I will myself probably be confused hazy of the short term viz. next couple of days.
In my mind the short terms (next couple of days) is going to be occupied with blocks of short-short terms. Now there is some change in direction of actions that I take. For example I will not spend the next couple of days growing birds in my beard writing away. I will rise, have dinner, get some work done, sleep and brush my teeth twice a day while half asleep both times. The underlying theme remains pretty constant.
Now, some will argue (since argument does not cost money, effort or much of any intellect for most arguers) that maintaining this underlying theme is a choice and who know what universe is spawned by the alternate me deciding to break the cycle, shoot some people (chiefly at my workplace) and be happy about generally achieving nothing but a prolonged prison term. I do salute the alternate me with the balls to doom himself in the prison for the foreseeable future (this is long-long term). Short of that kind of an uncertainty that happens on ‘a good dream leading to a bad nightmare’ scenarios, I am sure that in the next couple of days I will continue doing the same old same old.
Now when I consider the long-short term, that presents some possibilities of altering the certainty of the future (although what might persuade someone to want or crave an uncertain future is a thought for lunatics; and I do know some idiots who swear by ‘you never know’ attitude being healthy for the heart) although riding the same logic that the long-short term comprises of blocks of short terms which in themselves occupy many short-short terms, nothing is going to change very drastically. But then assuming that I am able to force myself to break the inertia of not choosing lunacy of craving some uncertainty of my future and ask myself the question - ‘what do I want from life?’, the possible universes and realities are many. But then there is a opposing force of the great philosopher and scriptwriter of the Matrix trilogy said “the purpose of life is to end”. So in the case that we take the absoluteness of the philosophy that birth and life is the leading cause for death (a natural corollary, I think, of human mortality) I am led inevitably to place my bets on the fact (this is meaning of life stuff!) that fate, no matter what it’s impact results in a broadly homogenous path. Grown, grow tall, grow old and then die. I think therefore that the only possible impact of fate finds representation in the quality of funeral. In general that seems like a very depressing and dark ambition to pursue.
I cannot conclude my train of thought, at least not in any short term perspective, so as asinine as it may be I am inclined towards ‘you never know they might discover immortality’ and leave it at that….
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Immortality if you ask me will be really boring. All said and done immortality does lend stability to the entire concept of existence and who wants that. All said and done all I can say is "May you live in interesting times" :D
ReplyDeleteWell said mate! My problem is essentially with people who are trying to infuse me with optimism about long life and stuff and how anything can happen. Well I do believe that the ailment of optimism is good, like good bacteria in the intestinal walls however, baseless optimism and search for uncertainty for the sake of uncertainty is rather like having a digestive system without intestine. A lot of food ingested and excreted without processing. Where is the fun in that. Half full or half empty, who cares; as long as someone has paid for it.
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