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Pratchett would have then said, each of these frames is an entirely new universe, the previous one being destroyed.

"And they are told: 'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'"

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/46982-thief-of-time



This is now my favorite quote.

The Big Bang is an ongoing event. Surprise is the state of yoga.


The universe is best modeled with substructural linear logic, so makes sense.




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