1. How long is the present?
2. Is the past real?
3. Is the present real?
4. Is the future real?
4.5 If you traveled to the future, would there be anything there?
5. Suppose you are considering whether to buy a novel tomorrow. Is it
true today that either you will buy it or you will not buy it?
6. (The previous example, continued) Is the following statement true?
Either it is true today that you will buy the book tomorrow, or it is
true today that you will not buy the book tomorrow.
7. If there is a God, does God know now whether you will buy the book
tomorrow?
8. Does time move? Do we move through time? Are these different
questions?
9. If you answered "yes" to one of the first two questions in 7, how
fast does it (or do we) move?
10. You know that one of the following two situations is true, but you
don't know which. Either you suffered an unexpected, serious pain a
week ago and then were given a drug to make you forget it, or you will
suffer an unexpected, serious pain a week from now and then will be
given a drug to make you forget it. The amount of pain, worry, etc.
added to your life is exactly the same either way. Do you prefer one
situation over the other? If so, do you think this is rational?
11. You know that you will have a painful operation either next week or
twenty years from now, but you do not know which. Which would you
prefer? Do you think this is rational?