Deniers? In what way?
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Deniers? In what way?
All it means is that time doesn't pass for the prophets the same way it does for us.
You really think I was after that kind of explanation? Seriously?
Sorry. Thought you were trying to make some sort of an argument over how it doesn't make sense or something in that regard. I suppose you were not...
What I mean is that saying that it's different is not an explanation for the phrase "non linear".
When you want to say that someone has a different car from yours, you don't call his car non linear, do you?
If you watch DS9 episode 1 (Emissary) it's explained when Sisko interacts with the prophets.
Seriously, the concepts of linear/non-linear and corporeal/non-corporeal between Sisko and the prophets are mutually discussed within the context of episode 1 so they can understand each other.Sure, it is...
Please, Sisko says a few platitudes about time but the prophets never give any explanations about what they call non linear time. Everybody knows that.
You obviously haven't watched the episode because that's not what happens and stating everyone knows that is a false premise generality fallacy. Wouldn't it be easier to watch Emissary than argue about it?
I watched this episode many times and there's nothing in it that gives even an inkling as to what the hell they mean when they talk about "non linear" time. The reason for that is actually very simple and that's the writers made up that expression without any meaning in mind.
I thought the concept made sense.
Okay. The contrast is the prophets exist in a state where the past, present and future is a simultaneous unity whereas we live in a sequential state. Hence Sisko's comment in WYLB about possibly returning yesterday. To Sisko just like the prophets, yesterday, today, tomorrow are all one now. Non-linear.
If that were true the prophets would already know what Sisko was about to say before he even said it. In fact they would already know what they would be like at the end of the series and therefore wouldn't need any explanations at all. So, it can't be true.
You are thinking of omniscience, a different quality.
Well, DS9 is science fiction, I didn't write it, I just watched it.
Nope. I am telling what it would be like if the past, present and the future all happened simultaneously.
That's not how the prophets are described. That's the box you are trying to fit them in.
