Day 9b

 Let's consider one particular sliver- instant. It has a centre of consciousness (analagous to a physical object’s centre of mass). That node or nexus associates, for some mysterious reason, with some local arrangement of matter - perhaps a life form. It could be anything. For the sake of argument, let's imagine it to be the 17-year-old Joan of Arc the moment she arrived in Orleans.

I want to consider the slivers on either side: those upstream and downstream. Let's use the term upstream for lesser entropy and downstream for greater entropy.

What of the sliver that lies immediately upstream? Most of its pixels would be very much in the same position. They cannot have moved far in the smallest possible period of time. Joan of Arc’s universe operates, as ours does, according to certain rules. Atoms and subatomic particles have fixed values, the gravitational constant is as we know it, Planck’s constant – everything that we imagine must be just so for our universe to exist and to operate – in Joan of Arcs universe.

And so, when we go from the upstream sliver to Joan of Arc’s sliver, we cannot have pixels moving faster than the speed of light. 

I feel that there can only be one sliver immediately upstream to the Joan of Arc instant. However, I feel that infinite possible slivers may lie immediately downstream.

There is one past, but there are multiple futures. 

C

hatGPT

The distinction you make between the upstream and downstream slivers is an intriguing one. The upstream sliver, being closer to a state of lower entropy, would have a greater resemblance to the Joan of Arc instant. Since the laws and constants of the universe are assumed to remain consistent from sliver to sliver, the pixels in the upstream sliver would not have moved far in the smallest possible period of time. This implies that the immediate upstream sliver would have a high degree of similarity to Joan of Arc's sliver.

On the other hand, when moving downstream from Joan of Arc's sliver, the entropy increases, allowing for a greater number of possible configurations. This suggests that there could be multiple future slivers that branch out from Joan of Arc's instant, each representing a different possible outcome or configuration of matter.

In this perspective, there is a sense of a singular past, as the upstream sliver leading to Joan of Arc's instant has a higher degree of uniqueness and specificity. However, the future is characterized by branching possibilities, with numerous downstream slivers representing different potential paths or configurations.

It's a thought-provoking idea that aligns with the notion of a multiverse or the branching nature of possibilities. By considering the dynamics of slivers in relation to their degree of entropy and the constraints imposed by the laws of the universe, we can explore the concept of time and the unfolding of events from a unique perspective.

I'm curious to know more about your thoughts on the implications and consequences of this view, particularly in relation to the nature of causality and the potential for diverging timelines or realities.

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