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Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ on X: "@Aella_Girl Nope! All times exist, they don't blip in and out of existence. Existence has causal direction and structure within itself, not a sweeping present that is the only real. All of your selves at different times exist, and all say, "Here I am in the present moment!"" / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Messages Grok Premium Bookmarks Communities Verified Orgs Profile More Post Anne Brandes @annembrandes Post See new posts Conversation Aella @Aella_Girl · May 26 I can't BELIEVE the only thing that exists is this present moment AHHH 92 75 1.2K 120K Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky Nope! All times exist, they don't blip in and out of existence. Existence has causal direction and structure within itself, not a sweeping present that is the only real. All of your selves at different times exist, and all say, "Here I am in the present moment!" 10:00 PM · May 27, 2025 · 8,796 Views 27 10 165 18 Post your reply Reply Ryan Gasoline @Ryan_Gasoline · 14h If the past is so real then why doesn’t it return my texts 1 7 499 Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky · 2h Because the causal structure of reality only allows topologically neighboring events to depend on each other, and only in an acyclic contin

@ESYudkowsky: Nope! All times exist, they don't blip in and out of existence. Existence has causal direction and structure within itself, not a sweeping present that is the only real. All of your selves at different times exist, and all say, "Here I am in the present moment!"

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