Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: nyu notesfiles V1.1 4/1/84; site rna.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!rna!serge From: serge@rna.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Many worlds interpretation. Message-ID: <34500002@rna.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 17:32:00 EST Article-I.D.: rna.34500002 Posted: Mon Dec 17 17:32:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 04:47:34 EST References: <753@ttds.UUCP> Lines: 28 Nf-ID: #R:ttds:-75300:rna:34500002:000:1599 Nf-From: rna!serge Dec 11 17:32:00 1984 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