The two-way doomsday machine

Think 15 (42):9-14 (2016)
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Abstract

A thought experiment invites us to examine our intuitive beliefs about the reality of the past, the reality of the future, and our capacity to affect either, and provides a test of our attitudes towards life. Given an inescapable choice and extraordinary power, would it be our duty to destroy the whole of reality, both past and future?

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10.1017/s1477175615000354

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Robin Le Poidevin
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