I Do Not Want That To Be True

I often hear people announce that they don't like something, or they don't want it to be true. This is a strikingly bad idea and it has no logical base. It's illegitimacy is demonstrated when that mindset is applied to a dangerous situation. Imagine there was a killer in your house; what good does not wanting the killer there, or not liking him being there do? The answer is: absolutely nothing. When applied to a serious situation, no sane person would accept that for even themselves. So why bother  trying to use it for other arguments? 

Additionally, it can only apply to things that one fears losing as in, "I don't want it to be true that my family member died (again, your desires doesn't effect the fact that the family member is indeed dead)," or "I want to have free will, don't threaten my belief that it does," or "I don't want to be descended from apes." This mind set does not apply to things that one wishes that one had as in, "I want to have chronokinesis" or "I want to have a million dollars." Your desires have no effect on reality. This argument is a very poor argument, in fact, it's not an argument at all, unless we take it by the standards of a whiny toddler. Please do not use this argument. I realize that it is a defense mechanism and all, but it holds no merit; it just makes you look like a silly person.

Spacetime

Question: If the universe is already determined does that confirm the existence of a 4th spacetime dimension, given a linear model of time?

I do believe so. The fourth dimension of space is time, making spacetime. It is almost universally accepted that time is linear, meaning that every event that has ever occurred could be plotted on one solid line. Where or not time is finite or infinite is still a matter of debate. The main point is that linear time provides the most obvious demonstration of causality.

If the universe is already determined, then how your consciousness is going to die has already been determined; Your life from beginning to end has already been determined. Now, similar to how second dimensional being could hypothetically travel along in the 3rd dimension without its knowing (a third dimensional being could bend a long piece of paper and twist it (making the ends touch to make it 3-D). We are, if this is right, travelling along a 4th dimensional path completely unaware to this. Given that only a third dimensional being could see the previous dimensions, only a 4th dimensional being could see it's own life and possibly the events contained in it.

Omniscient/Deterministic v. Free Will

Question: Is omniscience compatible with free will?

Some religious people (I have Christians in mind) make two separate and paradoxical claims about the universe. Their first claim is that their god is omniscient (all-knowing) with a plan for everything. Their second claim is that their god gave them free will.  Determinism and omniscience are essentially the same thing. If a god is omniscient it means that they have knowledge of how everything will ever be. The example in the previous post also applies here; whether you choose to kick a ball or not, your omniscient god already knows your choice; you have no choice but to act in the way that your god knows you will.

If you have free will then your god will constantly have to make amendments to their plan. Let's say that there are two people, person A and Person B. God plans for and knows that person B will save a boy from drowning. Similarly, this god knows that person A will not kick a ball. If the god knows all of this to be the determined future, he can have a plan that will definitely occur. If we add free will, however, it becomes clear that the god cannot have a plan. If person A acts on free will and kicks the ball which hits person B and knocks him into the street where B is hit by a bus, then the god will have to craft a different plan; additionally, it becomes clear that the god cannot predict even the immediate future. So long as humans have free will the god's plan and knowledge is entirely subject to human action and thought.

Always One Determined Future.

Even if, hypothetically, we could accurately predict that actions of humans, our ability to do so has already been determined. Additionally, the only thing that we actually have control over is ourselves. When one attempts to imagine predicting the self, it becomes clear that one cannot break the determined future. Imagine wanting to kick a ball; if you know that everything that exists has determined that you will kick the ball, you could act under the illusion of free will and choose not to kick the ball. This, however, does not demonstrate free will; it simply demonstrates that in response to knowing you would kick the ball, it was determined that you would choose not to. Essentially, what you do is already determined regardless of what you actually do; whether you choose to kick the ball or not, it was already determined that you would make that choice based off of whatever predictable thought process you had.