The idea is to use a time
machine as a trans-temporal
network, a network which some
postulate may already exist
in the part of your
conscious experience that
appears to exist outside of
space and time: a pathway
that recalls information
from alternative worlds.
What if the human mind
is somehow connected
with a time machine, a
pathway from the here
and now to a source of
information about what
the future may truly
portend? Could a time
machine, a pathway
between worlds, be the
bridge between human
imagination, creative
thought, and the free
will required to act on
the human potential for
good and evil?
Starstream Research
has instituted a
make-shift 'alert'
system for
'phenomenologically
sourced' intelligence --
a privatized version of
the
Department of Homeland
Security advisory system
-- using the kind of
data identified in the
original U.S. Government
STAR GATE psychic spy
research program as
Anomalous Mental
Perception (
AMP).
And, as
luck would have
it, we did raise the
Starstream Research
threat alert level
just prior to the
revelation of the
alleged plot to destroy
JFK International
Airport. The Spacetime
Threat Assessment alert
was raised to
SEVERE,
based upon additional
intelligence and will
remain in effect for the
month of June, 2007.
http://www.starstreamresearch.com/breaking_news.htm
PAST, Present and Future
The working hypothesis
for the idea of the
PAST -- the
Premonition Alert
Spacetime Threat,
was adapted from the
multiverse concept of
parallel futures, a
concept that
may eventually be put to
the test in a quantum
computer. Although we
are confident that David
Deutsch would laugh at
the idea of
PAST from AMP as
a time machine, Deutsch
does takes the idea of
information exchange
between different worlds
as a serious consequence
of his interpretation of
the existing quantum
theory.
Deutsch originally
conceived of the quantum
computer as a test to
prove the existence of
the other parallel
universes. (Basically,
the argument is that
once you have built a
quantum computer that
out computes all the
matter in the visible
universe, the only
explanation is that it
must be performing its
computations somewhere
else; in other words the
computations are taking
place in invisible
parallel universes.)
Deutsch describes
information exchanged
between worlds, where a
parallel universe might
be the possible future
state of our world. The
idea is to develop
exchange of
intelligence about
'possible' future
events.
If there was a
means of
communicating between
worlds in the multiverse
theory, then real
'premonitions' of
possible events would be
self-consistent possible
alternatives, to the
extent that they conform
to the laws of physics.
According to David Deutsch,
"At present we know of
nothing in the laws of
physics that rules out
past-directed time travel;
on the contrary, they make
it plausible that time
travel is possible ... if
the future development of
fundamental physics
continues to allow time
travel in principle, then
its practical attainment
will surely become a mere
technological problem that
will be solved."
But what if nature got there
first? Perhaps an advanced
intelligence, somewhere in
the multi-universe, acting
upon an agenda beyond our
comprehension, is willing to
supply information about our
alternative futures?
Deutsch explains the
consequence of receiving
information about the future
from a time traveler:
"Visitors from the future
cannot know our future any
more than we can, for they
did not come from there. But
they can tell us about the
future of their universe,
whose past was identical to
ours. They can bring taped
news and current affairs
programmes, and newspapers
with dates starting from
tomorrow and onwards. If
their society made some
mistaken decision, which led
to disaster, they can warn
us of it. We may or may not
follow their advice. If we
follow it, we may avoid the
disaster, or -- there can be
no guarantees -- we may find
that the result is even
worse than what happened to
them. On average though, we
should presumably benefit
greatly from studying their
future history. Although it
is not our future history,
and although knowing of a
possible impending disaster
is not the same as knowing
what to do about it, we
should presumably learn much
from such a detailed record
of what, from our point of
view, might happen."
If one accepts
AMP as allowing for
such communication, one
would expect to receive
information consistent with
existing data about our
world, but not necessarily
exact predictions of future
events. For example, we
might receive information in
which JFK International
Airport was destroyed, and
use that information to
prevent an undesired
outcome from taking place.
Another consequence of
Deutsch's interpretation is
that a time machine paradox
cannot exist, since any time
traveler appears back in
time in a
different universe.
According to Deutsch, you
can't kill your parents to
prevent your own birth,
since your 'real' parents
are still alive in a
different universe, the
universe you left behind,
and to which you can never
return.
Could the human brain
function as a time machine?
There are some theories of
consciousness, notably the
Penrose-Hameroff theory,
that allow a kind of hybrid
of quantum theory and the
physics of the human brain,
where the many alternatives
actually collapse into a
single universe due to
gravitational effects.
It
is true that a human time
machine remains conjecture,
but there is a body of
evidence pointing to
statistically significant
evidence that the human mind
often appears to beat the
odds and provide vaguely
accurate premonitions of
future events. In some cases
premonitions have been
spookily detailed in their
accuracy. Like a distant
memory that lingers on the
cusp of thought, these
visionary tales float in and
out of our conscious minds,
and in our dreams, waiting
to be grasped and held
closer for mental
inspection.
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