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?Possible Existence vs. Actual Existence

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At least since Aristotle we know with certainty there is possible existence and actual existence. Possible existence is uncertain, as uncertain as the future. However, possible existence is a priori, and future existence is a posteriori. A priori (generic) is before something else, and a posteriori (generic) is after something else. The something else is actual existence.

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Actual existence is current reality. The real in reality is 1) exist and 2) true. The exist part is ontology, and the true part is epistemology. Actual existence includes three primary categories, 1) physical material, 2) physical non-material, and 3) immaterial.

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Now is perpetually reconfigured possible existence. No thing could actually exist if it were not derived from meta-information first information possible existence. Now is the perpetually reconfigured gestalt image, which is a blueprint for everything that only possibly exists until it actually exists.

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Possible existence is a domain, which I call near-existence domain. Actual existence is a domain, which I call actual existence domain. Near-existence domain is a priori and actual existence domain is a posteriori. Possible existence, near-existence domain, and now are all a priori (before). Actual existence domain and real = exist + true, are a posteriori.

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Uncertainty is a primary identity condition of near-existence domain, possible existence, now and the future.

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Now is the zero placeholder between near-existence domain and actual existence domain. Now is not possible existence and not, not possible existence. Now is not actual existence and not, not actual existence. Now is exactly where and when possible turns into actual.

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Superpositions are meta-information first information in near existence domain. Superpositions are conserved. [up/0/down], [on/0/off], [true/0/false], [alive/0/dead], [particle/0/wave] superpositions are pairs of logically contradictory state conditions in coherence, and are necessarily hosted inside near existence domain, they are not actually physical, yet. ?Superpositions are uncertain instances of possible = potential to exist, not certain actual existence objects, for example physical objects with specific locations, or momentum between locations, and specific real clock time.

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The certainty of near-existence domain is that all meta-information first information is conserved, including uncertain superpositions. Near-existence domain is not certain and not, not certain. Near-existence domain is not uncertain and not, not uncertain.

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The certainty of actual existence domain is real = exist + true. The certainty of actual existence domain is some exact location (or some momentum of objects moving from one location to another location) + some exact real clock time. The certainty of actual existence domain is that decoherence will occur. The uncertainty of actual existence domain is the uncertainty of decoherence, for instance it is impossible to know exactly what will manifest next. We know that [alive/0/dead] will be resolved = decoherence, but we cannot know which will manifest and we cannot know when it will manifest.

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Actual existence domain is not certain and not, not certain. Actual existence domain is not uncertain and not, not uncertain.

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Time is not a dimension. Time is a record of the 2nd law of thermodynamics and entropy, which operate in only one direction (hence the one-way arrow of time), for instance heat always moves from hot to cold locations and entropy always increases unless there is an input of free energy from the extrinsic environment of a closed system. The international standard unit of time, one second, is the radiation interval of caesium-133, which is known with certainty.

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The duration of 9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of caesium-133 atoms is called one second. byjus.com, https://byjus.com/jee/units-and-dimensions/

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Now is a priori perpetually reconfigured gestalt image of possible existence near-existence domain uncertainty. Time is a posteriori record of actual existence occurring in a sequence of one second after another. Perpetual now has no duration in it, not even one second duration. Sequential is continuous with duration intervals, say one second after another. If there is sequence of events there is a time interval separating them.

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There is no time, no sequence and no actual physical in near-existence domain, yet. Time, actual physical objects, certainty = real = exist + true are hosted inside actual existence domain.

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So there are two complementary but specifically distinct paradigms to make sense of existence and reality.

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The time paradigm is the sequential paradigm. The time paradigm is past → present (zero placeholder) → future. Zero is where and when possible existence turns into actual existence. Zero = present has neither past nor future in it. With time every international unit, one second is exactly the same unit of accounting as every other second.

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The now paradigm is the perpetual paradigm. There is neither time nor sequence in now. Perpetual is always for the very first time, but without duration, always original, never a repeat. Now is the zero placeholder between a priori (before) and a posteriori (after) actual existence domain. Now is exactly where and when a priori turns into a posteriori. Now is exactly the where and when before turns into after, for instance before the whole physical universe began to exist, and after the whole physical universe began to exist.

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The clock does not start ticking until the game begins.