How Time Travel might work
through Quantum Entanglement
By now, who hasn't heard of Time
Travel? Since before HG Wells and his vaunted work, The Time Machine, there has
been untold incarnations of time travel. All ranging from time warped aided by
both warp engine drives and the elliptical orbit of the sun, to merely the
mental power of a single human mind powered by a man's love for a woman. All of
these instances great in their own right, and some even believable to a point,
that point being the dreaded time paradox.
If time travel is to be
theorized into working equations that make sense, then all the previous
equations must make sense and then work alongside newer ones. So how could one
arrange Time Travel in such a way that it cancels out (Exclusion) the paradox?
Let's look at the Time Paradox's main problem, the physical body, having to
deal with identical sets of atoms, namely the body, in the same place at the
same time. Science Fiction has toyed with this for almost over one hundred
years. The result has ranged from it isn't possible, to the same explosive
result if anti-matter were to come into contact with solid matter.
Yet I have another scenario
altogether, it looks a lot like the scenario from the famed movie "Back to
the future."
I called this theory the Time
Travel Quantum Entanglement Theory.
To see how it works we will
look at four different time traveling scenarios.
1. Me going back to the past
with me alive and well in that past.
2. Me going back to the past
before I was born.
3. Me going to the future
where I am still alive.
4. Me going to the future
where I am already deceased.
All four of these scenarios
have their specific challenges, the greatest of these challenges is that they
all involve equations where at least some physical part of me will be existing
at the same in the same place, except one of course, where I have not yet been
born. Let's first get to know what Quantum Entanglement (QE) is, succinctly of course.
Quantum Entanglement occurs when particles such as photons, electrons, molecules as
large as buckyballs,[1][2]
and even small diamonds[3][4]
interact physically and then become separated; the type of interaction is such
that each resulting member of a pair is properly described by the same quantum
mechanical description (state), which is indefinite in terms of important factors
such as position,[5]
momentum, spin,
polarization, etc.According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, their shared state is indefinite until measured.[6] Quantum entanglement is a form of quantum superposition. When a measurement is made and it causes one member of such a pair to take on a definite value (e.g., clockwise spin), the other member of this entangled pair will at any subsequent time[7] be found to have taken the appropriately correlated value (e.g., counterclockwise spin). Thus, there is a correlation between the results of measurements performed on entangled pairs, and this correlation is observed even though the entangled pair may have been separated by arbitrarily large distances.[8] However, quantum entanglement does not enable matter to convey genuine information beyond the relativistic speed limit of normal spacetime.[citation needed]
This behavior is consistent with quantum-mechanical theory, has been demonstrated experimentally, and it is accepted by the physics community.[citation needed] However there is some debate[9] about whether a possible classical underlying mechanism could explain why this correlation occurs instantaneously even when the separation distance is large. The difference in opinion derives from espousal of various interpretations of quantum mechanics.
Research into quantum entanglement was initiated by a 1935 paper by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen describing the EPR paradox[10] and several papers by Erwin Schrödinger shortly thereafter.[11][12] Although these first studies focused on the counterintuitive properties of entanglement, with the aim of criticizing quantum mechanics, eventually entanglement was verified experimentally,[13] and recognized as a valid, fundamental feature of quantum mechanics. The focus of the research has now changed to its utilization as a resource for communication and computation. <wikipedia>
OK, so the problem with Time
Paradoxes stems from two physical beings, occupying the same time and place at
the same time. QE answers this to a degree, but not entirely. What I mean by
two a degree is that it works well with items that are not or not totally
physical in nature. Using the QE theory we can alleviate a large section of the
paradox, the physical section. This will also address that age old issue, as to
whether time really exists at all. Yes, that's right, many physicist believe
that time is merely an illusion. My personal stance is that both astrophysicist
and physicists are correct. You see, just as with religion and science, the
selfishness of man is what steers us in the direction of there only one truth,
when in fact there are many depending on one’s perception. In a universe were
only 5% of it is composed of actual stuff you and I can see, feel, hear, taste
and smell, there is a lot to be desired. And due to the universes age alone, we
haven't been around long enough to make any assertion as to what is real and
what is a part of that universe or not. It's like a Guppies being born in a
fifty gallon aquarium and believing with its own assurance that aquarium and
the house it resides in is all there is to its reality. Having said all that, here
is the real problem with the reality of time, it spans across two separate dimensions.
Yes, in our physical plain we know time is real due the decay of matter, yet on
other plains, other dimensions time does not seem to have the same affect it
has on us and matter. This may be due to the fact that there two dynamics to us
as human beings. This is why, for one, we even have the ability to perform quandaries
like this in the first place, because we as human beings straddle the fence in
the physical and non-physical section of our universe. Physicists are only,
until relatively recently, interested in the physical properties of our
reality. That is until we became intelligent enough to search deeper and
farther into it and discovered more, more than just the physical. Let's look at
this, let's say that our human mind, our consciousness, which isn't a physical
substance, but a conglomerate constant neuro-chemical and electrical events
taking place in time from one nano second to the next. The result of this
electrical energy is of course a measurable field of energy we all know can be
measured and evaluated. What if this field creates a conduit by which links our
bodies, our brain specifically to another dimension, say the dimension of Dark
Energy for example. In this way, our consciousness or soul, yes that dirty word
in science, could for all intents and purposes truly be residing somewhere
else, and is merely linked to the body temporarily. There would be no way of
ever knowing this for sure while we are on this side of the fence as it were.
We just lack the technology to quantify and trace these energies. But just like
the early hunt for the neutrino, just because we cannot detect a thing does not
mean it doesn’t exist. This is the arrogance of man and not science. We know
the human mind exists, we think with a bit of certainty that dark matter and
dark energy exists, but we, science, still has a hard part believing in a soul,
amazing. Here is where we get into time travel, and the possibility of it using
QE. As previously mentioned the main problem is the physical body existing at
the same time/space at the same duration. To get around this we would have to
think in terms of say, Exclusion, Superior Cancellation, or, quite simply, that
the superior amount of initializing energy, (The Time Traveler) or matter
cancels out the lesser. Here is what I mean using the four time travel scenarios.
1. I go back in time to a
point in the past where I am still alive. Since the version of me in the future
is the one initiating the energies and impetus for time travel, the future me
creates or carries the Exclusion principle or affect. So when I travel back to
my current timeline the body of the previous me is cancelled out, wiped from
existence. And the new me, the me from the future takes my place. Now,
understanding the principles of QE, my future self, which is now my current
self possesses all the aggregate knowledge and memories of both selves in one
body. why? Because I am from the future and have lost none of my time line. Now
the former me, the me that was in the past, that time line ended the moment of
my jump into the future timeline happened. My physical body was also cancelled
out or naturally negated by nature. The only thing not affected? My mind
because the mind is not a physical element. So here my future self is back here
in the past, in an older body yet possessing the entirety of my life’s
memories. The people that knew me would see that I was now older in my physical
body, having seemed to age instantly. The only way I could prove that I was
really from the future would be to produce the time machine, if there was one,
and my knowledge of events yet to happen. But no physical examination save a
radio-carbon dating would prove anything unusual.
2. This scenario where I
travel back to a time before I was born presents a different set of
circumstances. In this one, when I travel back I would never be able to see my
own birth, because my presence has disrupted my past time line. The time travel
event has now placed me as a brand new individual on the planet. I would then
never be born; my brothers and sisters would never know me. I would be a
stranger to them and their lives totally different than what I remembered. I
would be a true anomaly and none of the memories of my past would have any
relevance. All of the timelines that stemmed from my direct or indirect
involvement would not exist. I would then be a man alone in a world that never
knew him. No accomplishments or any trace would I encounter. This scenario is
the worst one to me as in traveling back before one was born destroys ones
past, and a new one must be created from that instant. Which leaves another
interesting dilemma. If it became too boring in your predated past and you
decided to return to your present, which is now gone, you face the same
situation when you arrive. All of your accomplishments and relevance is now
gone, wiped from existence.
3. Traveling to the future
where I am still alive may prove the most difficult as for all of our
understanding thus far, the future is more complicated by far than the past.
The future is made up of quadrillions of events that either come together or do
not come together to culminate into a certain event or instant in time. Once
the even has happened, like a snapshot from a camera, can it be undone? Would
there even be a setting or a dial for the future on any time machine? Would hurtling
in that future direction destroy that portion of the future and the physical
world altogether? Would the physical nature of the time machine, and the
physical body inside cancel out and only my mind survive to land inside of my
future self? With no proof of the time machine, no future me in a youthful body
would remain. Again, only the non-physical portion of me, my mind, would exist
from this point on inside of my future body. Dare I risk trying to convince
others that my past self created a time machine that does not exists there with
me in the future due to the Time Travel Quantum Entanglement theory? I think
not.
4. Here we are at the last
scenario. The one where I travel to the future after a point where I am already
deceased. Just like the previous scenario we face a problem of the utter
complexities of what the future is. Let's say I met an extraterrestrial who
allowed me to borrow its time machine. This helps us side step the problem of
me building a machine in my past that I have no knowledge of in the future. So
I arrive and find that I misjudged how long I was going to live and arrive
after my death. My family and friends would be going into hysterics, as would
the world. My body would be exhumed and the coffin would be empty. Why? The
same principles we discussed in the first scenario about identical atoms
occupying the same time/space locale. The world news would have the story on the
front page spotlight. As not since the story of Jesus Christ on the mount of transfiguration
and the story of Ripp VanWinkle has a person returned back from seeming death.
I would then explain what happened and show off the alien time machine to the
world. I would then have two choices. I could remain there in that new time-frame dimension, or travel back to former present. I say former because
once I traveled back it would also no longer be the present I left. Only I and
the alien being waiting me who kept some kind of portable special time device
that kept him in stasis until my return. Only he and I would have any concept of
what transpired.
This is of course a theory,
one where the paradox is circumvented, but of course it means acknowledging the
fact that the soul could be made of the same material or a part of the human
mind. That it could be just as real as the human mind. Having no physical
elements and only quantifiable through experience, and not scientific
instrumentation, at least not yet. Strange how science becomes more advance
that it heads in the other direction, the direction of faith. We are finding
ourselves in the same area our religious ancestors found themselves when
answering new questions. Back then we said Heaven, today we say Dark Energy/Dark
Matter, an all enveloping dimensional medium that is a part of and connected to
everything around us, yep they both sure sound like descriptions of the same
thing to me.
See other works:
-Black Holes, the Anchors, the
thumbtacks holding the fabric and tapestry of the universe in place.
-Why its so hard for us to believe in Super-Beings or God.
-Of Astrophysics and Faith
-The Affects of Neutrinos on the Soul
-I know what Ezekiel Saw
-If we came from Apes, why do we wear clothes?
