Is the Human Mind a Time Machine?

Monday, March 17, 2008 | 19:48

The human mind as a living time machine in the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics:

In the Many Worlds interpretation of Parallel Universes, other times, including future events, are viewed as special cases of different parallel universes. […]

The magic of the human time machine happens when our universe, the one we call the present moment, is connected to that other universe we call the future. All of the work required -- all of the day's events -- all of the energy and processes required -- took place in an alternative universe. The connection allows information about that other world to enter the world of the present moment. From our point of view, where our perception is focused on the present world, something truly magical takes place. A rabbit is pulled from an empty hat: the time machine transfers information from another universe to our own.

For the human as living time machine, self-perception emerges from the loops in time. The human mind passes from world to world as it loops through the Many Worlds of the Multiverse of Parallel Universes.

This is a radical interpretation of the nature of consciousness: the human mind exists as a trans-universe process, literally beyond space and time. #