One thing this model ignores, so far as I could tell, is the reflective point of view of third person / past tense narration. Both Rowlings HP and Eliezer’s HPMOR are past tense narrations, stories told progressively, but always reflectively (“Harry said” instead of “Harry says”).
So, what if the causal links are already updated to the new information introduced with a 9pm|8pm turn, and this in turn updates the memories of agents within the universe, including the narrator (note: Narrator and Author are seperate entities in this concept; most literature students would not argue with this. At least, not too much)
As such, it’s not a cycle of updating information that the universe has to remain consistant; the new universe continues on from 8pm as normal, but new information is added to the collective memories of anyone who interacts with the Time Traveller, as well as the Time Traveller themselves.
The only way this doesn’t work is with Harry in MOR pulling a Bill and Ted with the Remembrall. Anyone with better maths want to tackle that one?
Ooops, shouldn’t have posted before reading the whole thing. Still, my arguement stands; what defines the “goodness” or “badness” of universe being destroyed and immediately replaced with another identical to it in all the most miniscule ways (the memories of agents interacting with the time machine), or for that matter the “betterness” of the previous universe.
Technically, this means “time travel” is less accurate that “history re-writer”, but to me, that doesn’t sound any worse.
One thing this model ignores, so far as I could tell, is the reflective point of view of third person / past tense narration. Both Rowlings HP and Eliezer’s HPMOR are past tense narrations, stories told progressively, but always reflectively (“Harry said” instead of “Harry says”).
So, what if the causal links are already updated to the new information introduced with a 9pm|8pm turn, and this in turn updates the memories of agents within the universe, including the narrator (note: Narrator and Author are seperate entities in this concept; most literature students would not argue with this. At least, not too much)
As such, it’s not a cycle of updating information that the universe has to remain consistant; the new universe continues on from 8pm as normal, but new information is added to the collective memories of anyone who interacts with the Time Traveller, as well as the Time Traveller themselves.
The only way this doesn’t work is with Harry in MOR pulling a Bill and Ted with the Remembrall. Anyone with better maths want to tackle that one?
Ooops, shouldn’t have posted before reading the whole thing. Still, my arguement stands; what defines the “goodness” or “badness” of universe being destroyed and immediately replaced with another identical to it in all the most miniscule ways (the memories of agents interacting with the time machine), or for that matter the “betterness” of the previous universe.
Technically, this means “time travel” is less accurate that “history re-writer”, but to me, that doesn’t sound any worse.