I hold a penny in my hand, high above my head. If it lands on tails I win 1 million dollars. If heads, I owe my body to the sex demon that stand before me. I can read the future. I see that the penny will fall and hit the cement ground in 3.06 seconds, and will land on heads. I then decide to not let go of the penny, and place it in my pocket. Now the previous future I saw (where the penny hit the ground after 3.06 seconds and land on heads) is non-existent, as I've decided to not drop the penny at all. But then we have to ask, "Couldn't you see into the future and see yourself not dropping the penny?". Well in fact we've run into a paradox, lets say the future is like a pick-your-own adventure book. The choices you make in the present time will alter the future, so even if we did see that the penny would fall onto heads and we'd lose the bet, that is not the definite future but rather a possibility of one. Why this is a pradox is, if I did see the future I wouldn't see the penny dropping to the ground, but rather me not choosing to drop the penny at all because I knew i'd lose the bet because I'd had previous looked into the future to see the penny drop on heads, but as I've said before if I did see the future I wouldn't see the penny drop on heads but rather me deciding to not drop the penny because I'd had previously seen that I'd lose. This goes on and on.
I'm currently writing a story about a girl who has the gift of seeing into the future, allowing her to make perfect decisions to carve out a flawless life, however she has one drawback, and that is her anger issues. What other people may find a small nuisance, she finds incredibly rage inducing. Her anger prevents her from making rational decisions, which ends up in her seeking out to go on a massive killing spree. However because she can see into the future, she knows when it is safe for her to kill people without being caught. This story idea has many challenges that need to be overcomed. Specifically, what I pointed out above, and, if she's able to make the proper decisions in the first place, it seems unrealistic to have her ever have to worry about her anger issues as she could easily avoid them, so I have to find a balance between a powerful and scary power, as well as a weak and easily countered one. The book idea is an extreme wip and until I can figure things out, I cant continue with the story, if any of you have ideas please share them.
I'm currently writing a story about a girl who has the gift of seeing into the future, allowing her to make perfect decisions to carve out a flawless life, however she has one drawback, and that is her anger issues. What other people may find a small nuisance, she finds incredibly rage inducing. Her anger prevents her from making rational decisions, which ends up in her seeking out to go on a massive killing spree. However because she can see into the future, she knows when it is safe for her to kill people without being caught. This story idea has many challenges that need to be overcomed. Specifically, what I pointed out above, and, if she's able to make the proper decisions in the first place, it seems unrealistic to have her ever have to worry about her anger issues as she could easily avoid them, so I have to find a balance between a powerful and scary power, as well as a weak and easily countered one. The book idea is an extreme wip and until I can figure things out, I cant continue with the story, if any of you have ideas please share them.