in that statement I have a problem with the definition of existence. Does the definition of existence exist itself ? This is (is it ?) more a problem of terminology than philosophy or physics.

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MercuryGenisus 28 points 3 years ago

The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.

The Economist, December 4, 2003, William Gibson

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dudinax 2 points 3 years ago

Calculus is just starting to become general knowledge.

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Granixo 19 points 3 years ago

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algorithmae 19 points 3 years ago

In one second or less

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A_A 5 points 3 years ago

Anthropologically speaking this is the best answer. Our brain needs a certain span of time to establish perceived reality.

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PassTheChicken 17 points 3 years ago

Now. No wait, now. Nope, now.

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corroded 17 points 3 years ago

Now plus the amount of time it takes a photon to move the Planck length.

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Gork 4 points 3 years ago

t_furure_min = t_now + 5.391247 × 10^-44 seconds

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corroded 2 points 3 years ago

long double future_time = static_cast(time(nullptr)) + (5.391247L * pow(10.0L, -44.0L))

Fixed-precision arithmetic would probably be more appropriate here, but since I'm lazy, long double works. Although I am curious now if a long double has sufficient precision to give a meaningful value for this.

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drbluefall 1 point 3 years ago

I feel like at some point, you'd need arbitrary precision and arbitrarily-sized real numbers in order to meaningfully represent it.

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Kolanaki 13 points 3 years ago

The future is now, old man!

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No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston 12 points 3 years ago

The future begins in the very next moment after the present.

It's a constantly moving boundary, always just ahead of the current moment.
Philosophically or metaphorically, "the future" might be considered any time beyond the immediate present, whether that's a second, an hour, a year, or a millennium from now.

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Etterra 11 points 3 years ago

Oh it's already started. We just didn't get the good one.

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UnicornKitty 1 point 3 years ago

What if we actually did? Scary.

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banana_meccanica 9 points 3 years ago

It is a human concept that does not exist in reality, the future could for the universe have the same value of the past, the great snake eating its tail

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sandflavoured 8 points 3 years ago

Later

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GladiusB 1 point 3 years ago

Do I have time to grab a beer?

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PlutoniumAcid 2 points 3 years ago

Always, buddy. Grab a cold one for me too. Cheers.

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Devious_Thoughts 7 points 3 years ago

I feel like we're in it lately with: the lab grown meat, 3D printing building and drones, CRISPR technology, and even something as "basic" as our smartphones.

At this point the only thing that I'm waiting for is space travel 😎

Edit: ugh, just read the rest of the responses and people are such bummers

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thelsim 5 points 3 years ago

Thank you for your answer! Nice to see something besides a literal interpretation of the question (Though to be fair, it was also the first thing that popped in my head :)
Anyway, I have to agree with you. A lot of things that seemed almost impossible or ridiculously far-fetched when I was little are now common place or close to becoming reality. And I'm not even that old! (forever in my early thirties *cough* *cough*)

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FrancisFeliz 7 points 3 years ago

The future is only a false perception of tomorrow, an illusion. Today you might say that tomorrow would be the future, but when tomorrow comes, you will do the same. The future does not exist, since time is not something static, is progressive.

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Hjalamanger 1 point 3 years ago

Wow, that's some impressive writing :)

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FrancisFeliz 2 points 3 years ago

Thanks. I'm not a native English speaker, but my mom was a literature teacher in Kansas, so consequently I had to learn the language (I'm Dominican).

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nefonous 6 points 3 years ago

Never. Not being started is its definition itself

Unless you make it relative to something else. Now is the future of before, and before was the future of a earlier before

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Nemo 5 points 3 years ago

The future is in the future

And the past is a victory walk

Well I need to make you understand, girl

I'M A MAN NOT A DISCO BALL!

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kent_eh 5 points 3 years ago

In about 20 minutes

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scarabic 5 points 3 years ago

This reminds me of the sign on the wall of a bar: “Free beer tomorrow.”

The future never begins. Once it begins, it’s the present. And the present? Well it’s gone already, isn’t it? The past, on the other hand, is full to bursting with absolutely every fucking thing that’s ever been. Only problem? The past doesn’t exist, and never will.

Basically, we are fucked.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 5 points 3 years ago

That happened yesterday weren't you at the meeting?

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Eso 4 points 3 years ago

Colonel Sandurz: Try here. Stop.
Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
Colonel Sandurz: Now. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.
Dark Helmet: What happened to then?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed then.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We're at now now.
Dark Helmet: Go back to then.
Colonel Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: Now?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: I can't.
Dark Helmet: Why?
Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: When will then be now?
Colonel Sandurz: Soon.
Dark Helmet: How soon?

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folkrav 4 points 3 years ago

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postmateDumbass 4 points 3 years ago

At the beep.

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jbrains 3 points 3 years ago

Always.

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