Relativity theory does not imply that the future already exists: a counterexample

TL;DR

This paper challenges the common interpretation that relativity eliminates genuine change by presenting classical sequential growth models of causal set theory as counterexamples.

Contribution

It introduces classical sequential growth models of causal set theory to demonstrate that relativity does not necessarily imply the future already exists.

Findings

Classical sequential growth models serve as counterexamples to the idea that relativity rules out change.

These models show that the future does not have to be predetermined in relativistic frameworks.

The paper clarifies misconceptions about the implications of relativity on the nature of time.

Abstract

It is often said that the relativistic fusion of time with space rules out genuine change or ``becoming''. I offer the classical sequential growth models of causal set theory as counterexamples.