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A fittingly hearty rendition of Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” by a Korean busker in the Canadian boondocks.

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In his 1964 book Problems of Space and Time, Australian philosopher J.J.C. Smart wrote,

It makes no more sense to talk of changing the future than it does to talk of changing the past. Suppose that I decide to change the future, by having coffee for breakfast tomorrow instead of my usual tea. Have I changed the future? No. For coffee for breakfast was the future.

It has been objected to me that the above argument is perhaps misleading. For, it has been said, there is quite clearly a sense in which I can change the future and not the past, and this is because my acts of will determine the future and not the past — I cannot undo what has been done.

Now I do not wish to deny that we can causally affect the future and not the past, and indeed this causal directionality of time is part of the problem of the ‘direction of time.’ Nevertheleless I would reiterate that the fact that our present actions determine that future would be most misleadingly expressed or described by saying that we can change the future.

A man can change his trousers, his club, or his job. Perhaps he may even change the course of world history or the state of scientific thought. But one thing that he cannot change is the future, since whatever he brings about is the future, and nothing else is, or ever was.

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That was fun to read and it seems true. But as far as I can tell it has no bearing whatsoever on living real life.

Oh well, back to my futile existence.

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The bar on the set of Cheers was fully-functional, but that doesn’t mean they served very good drinks. The brew constantly in front of Norm was near beer (3.2% alcohol) that had a pinch of salt added to keep it foamy under the heat of the set lights.

This may be the recipe for the worst beer ever: Weak, warm, and salty.

And, yes, he actually had to drink it…

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