Quote Originally Posted by masamuneehs
I'd agree with the first part, but the only way to truly do that is by considering the other dimensions, starting with the 5th. If you were born and told you were to be a coal miner, and you just stuck to that path and tried your best to make coal, you would pass by all your (potentially better) alternative selves. We understand this because our minds aren't fixed in the 4th dimension, and we can imagine our alternate selves and work to achieve the future self we want the most.
You could argue that you were also pre-destined to achieve the future self you wanted the most, thus this path still follows the fixed 4th dimension premonition.