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From: serge@rna.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Many worlds interpretation.
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 17:32:00 EST
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On the question of the many worlds interpretation and precognition
I would like to suggest the books of the turn of the century 
philosopher/scientist P.D. Ouspenski. In his books "Tertium Organum"
and "New Model of the Universe" he puts forward some very interesting
speculations on the matter. I will try to summarize his theory
about time , space and perception.

The basic premise is that time is imperfectly percieved space.
For instance, we see the world in three dimensions with movement
and change occuring in the fourth dimension of time. However,
from a fourth dimension standpoint, a human life, for example,
is a static four dimensional object. Taking this further,
at the fifth dimension we can "see" all of the possible lives
of a person or motions of an given object. The tree of all posibilities
for that given entity. At the top of this hieracrhy we have eternity where
there is no time, only space. This theory is supported to one degree
or another by various observations. Examples of the lower dimensionality
of the perception in animals is given by various examples as is
higher dimensional perception in humans during enlighted or dream
states. Mind you, this is not science and Ouspenski comes right out
and says so leading to an interesting discussion of phenomena and
noumena, the unseen behind the seen. At any rate it makes for
stimulating reading especially if you think about the historical
context of this work, the turn of the century upheaval in
science and politics both of which are directly addressed by
Ouspenski.
				-this too shall pass
				Serge Sretschinsky