Howling:Revisiting the why of the cracks (view source)
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::::::::::::Sorry, you've misunderstood what I meant by "indeterminate", which I borrowed from maths/physics. What Moffat described is a '''changeable''' history, not an '''indeterminate''' history. The state of a switch is changeable -- you can flip it from on to off or vice versa -- but both states are determinate. It's indeterminate only if it's impossible to know whether it's on or off. Something can be changing constantly but still be determinate, as long as it's possible to work out (somehow) what its state or value is at whatever point you're interested in. (I'm usually 89 but I'm 2, this time.) --[[Special:Contributions/2.96.31.113|2.96.31.113]]<sup>[[User talk:2.96.31.113#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:27, September 29, 2012 (UTC) | ::::::::::::Sorry, you've misunderstood what I meant by "indeterminate", which I borrowed from maths/physics. What Moffat described is a '''changeable''' history, not an '''indeterminate''' history. The state of a switch is changeable -- you can flip it from on to off or vice versa -- but both states are determinate. It's indeterminate only if it's impossible to know whether it's on or off. Something can be changing constantly but still be determinate, as long as it's possible to work out (somehow) what its state or value is at whatever point you're interested in. (I'm usually 89 but I'm 2, this time.) --[[Special:Contributions/2.96.31.113|2.96.31.113]]<sup>[[User talk:2.96.31.113#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:27, September 29, 2012 (UTC) | ||
::::::::::::Come to think of it, the history of the real world is changeable -- more gets added to it every second! | |||
::::::::::::That's not what Moffat meant, of course, but I've no problem with the changeable history the Doctor described to Amy. It's an old friend. If history in the "Whoniverse" hadn't been like that, the Time Lords wouldn't have needed the Web of Time, etc. --[[Special:Contributions/2.96.31.113|2.96.31.113]]<sup>[[User talk:2.96.31.113#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:51, September 29, 2012 (UTC) | |||