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does the past affect the future?

does the past affect the future?

does the past affect the future?

(OP)
I plead guilty to a misdemeanor in college. I recently submitted PE application, and on that application there is a question requiring documentation for any criminal offenses committed, I included this info. My question is, should I be worried about minor criminal convictions in my past and how it affects my chances of getting my license in any state?  

RE: does the past affect the future?

Check with your state's professional licensing office. IIRC, NY won't license a convicted felon, but a misdemeanor shouldn't be a problem.

     "...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail." - Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928

"I'm searching for the questions, so my answers will make sense." - Stephen Brust

RE: does the past affect the future?

I doubt there would be very many active registrations, if they pulled a PE for misdemeanors.  Most everyone I know has pleeded guilty to speeding.

As for your precise question, I think the past's effect on the future is at the very least ...measurable.  Look at Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq I, Iraq II...  seems to be on the same old trajectory, if nothing else.



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RE: does the past affect the future?

"As for your precise question, I think the past's effect on the future is at the very least ...measurable.  Look at Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq I, Iraq II...  seems to be on the same old trajectory, if nothing else. "

Philosopically, wouldn't it be the present that affects the future? One the day we're born we don't a past, so everything in the future is a result of the present moment.

RE: does the past affect the future?

I think you must include C in your ∫.  Shouldn't C include the velocity vector and momentum, from previous integrals, that got us to present state?



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RE: does the past affect the future?

(OP)
The box calls for all convictions and specifically says that it does not include traffic violations. I don't think it will be too big of a deal, I just wanted to see if someone already had experience with this.
If you can change the past, you change the past, the present, and the future

RE: does the past affect the future?

No point in speculating about doing the impossible.

RE: does the past affect the future?

Modern particle physics and ancient Asian philosophy both suggest that past, present and future all exist as part of a unified whole, and our experience of time passing is merely a product of human limitations, so, not only does the past influence the future, but the future influences the past in some mysterious way beyond human comprehension.

But being neither a Taoist sage nor a subatomic physicist, I'm content to live in our nice, boring, mundane, understandable Newtonian world, and say, Brizz, good luck on your application!

     "...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail." - Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928

"I'm searching for the questions, so my answers will make sense." - Stephen Brust

RE: does the past affect the future?

Brizz,
Probably depends on the Board and on the nature of your offense.

I had two misdemeanors. I spelled them out in an attachment to my application along with the steps I had taken to  change my life to insure these situations would not occur again.  No problem that I am aware of with the licensing board, or subsequent licensing in another state.  

   

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