dream_weaver

A is A or A=A is an expression of The Law of Identity. The changing is captured under The Law of Causality. In order to change, presupposes that it was something (identity), and that it became (causality) something else (identity).

<snip> The law of causality does not state that every entity has a cause. Some of the things commonly referred to as "entities" do not come into being or pass away, but are eternal—e.g., the universe as a whole. The concept of "cause" is inapplicable to the universe; by definition, there is nothing outside the totality to act as a cause. The universe simply is; it is an irreducible primary. </snip> Time is a relationship between existents, not an attribute, which rely on man-made standards based on observations of what the universe is<does>. Eternal is outside that purveyance of time as identified in the snippets above from Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand.

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Silver and Gold - How do you measure its worth! Some older figures here. In 2004 the population was estimated to be 6.4 billion people. With 153000 tonnes estimated mined in history and 32150.75 oz/tonne yields 4,919,064,750 troy oz or a smidgeon over 0.75 troy/person. Compare that to 80 trillion Federal Reserve Notes divided amoungst the US population yeilding 269,896.06 FRN's/person, we can see that they just do not make dollars like they used to! Again, to try and extrapolate this world wide would be ~48,076.92/person. In addition to being homogeneous and divisible, another desirable quality would be rarity. This would only be part of the equation. Austrian economics lays some good groundwork in understanding the 'subjective' side, if you will. As a sidenote: In the USA, ~1% of the population controls ~38% of the wealth. If the US still has ~1.25 billion tr. oz., ~3 million people would control just under 164 tr. oz. In the world, to extrapolate, 64 million people would control just over 29 tr. oz. (~1%/~38%)

That would be an undertaking. In undertaking it, one would be surely enhance their grasp of Objectivism.