This is a Wix version of Time University.
Marshall seems to be trying to find evidence for parallel universes. We gather he is looking for something like parallel timelines in Hugh Everett III as opposed to the types of extra universes seen in multiverse ideas explored by Lee Smolin and Eward Witten.
We get the feeling that Marshall does not like to describe his work as time travel experiments but if his work relates to ideas similar to Everett's "Many Worlds" ideas, it may have implications to the nature of time and whether it may be possible to influence, erase or revisit past events. E.g. If sliding to an alternate time-line were possible it could in effect change your past.
Link: http://authors.library.caltech.edu/9262/1/MORprl88.pdf
Article title: Wormholes, Time Machines and the Weak Energy Condition
By: Morris, Thorne and Yurtserver
Recommended by Rahul K. Gupta
by Geoffrey Lee | Bookmarked by Sthaneshwar Timalsina
I argue against the idea that the stream of consciousness exists within a dimenson of "phenomenal time" that provides a measure of how long an experience feels subjectively. I argue that this view conflicts with my preferred Atomistic view of temporal experience (defended in "Temporal Experience and the Temporal Structure of Experience"), and that attempts to reduce phenomenal rate of passage to other measure on the stream, such as measure of how much information is flowing through conscious awareness, do not succeed. I hold that temporally extended experiences only have subjective duration...
Frank Wilczek:
Time crystals, for real: http://bit.ly/2dCP0Gk .
Technical paper: http://bit.ly/2dRBxZL .
From Academia
Gary Zabel
University of Massachusetts, Boston, Philosophy, Faculty Member
The Trouble With Time: 1) The Time of the Ancients
I'm posting this with some trepidation. In preparation for writing on Deleuze's theory of time, I decided to write a paper on theories of time in Western philosophy. But the paper has grown into the beginnings of a four-chapter book: 1) The Time of the Ancients; 2) The Time of the Medievals; 3) The Time of the Moderns; and 4) The Time of the Contemporaries. So far, I've written 54 book-length pages on the The Time of the Ancients. I'm uploading the text in its current draft form, fragmentary footnotes and all. I hope it will be of some interest to people, and would appreciate any comments,...
Rögnvaldur Ingthorsson
Lund University, Philosophy, Faculty Member
A Refutation of Counterfactual Theories of Causation
The paper addresses a number of issues often overlooked by those attempting to provide counterfactual accounts of causation. First, it is pointed out that the idea that causation and counterfactual conditionals are connected is not a recent discovery of Humean metaphysics. According to causal realism, causal claims such as 'if C occurs, then (and only then) E is always produced by it', entail counterfactual conditionals of the form 'E would not have occurred if C had not occurred'. Secondly, on a related note, the attempt to explain causation by construing an ontology of counterfactual...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATxi0_-7HqQ
The above youtube by Lee Smolin discusses the problem of who or what set the initial conditions of our universe. He states that the conditions are highly tuned. He suggests that time is real and hints that free will may be real. I understand Lee smolin believes that our universe's initial states evolved before our spacetime or Big Bang. He suggested our universe is a organism born from the interaction of two parents. This idea requires many universes. You may need to read his book "Time Reborn" for whether he still believes in many universe If t evolved organism theory of universes is true we have the strong possibility that such organisms are alive (with minds and feelings) like humans, cats or plants.
Whether we believe in a living universe or a manipulating game master we have something a little like the religious idea of a creating God. But we need to be careful that we do not assume because some aspects of the idea of God seems likely that we assume all beliefs of God are true. In Science we look to evidence to disprove old ideas and look for new ones that fit what we see. Different individuals and different Faiths sometimes have slightly different ideas of God. My main concern with Christianity is the claim that it is the only path to God. In my opinion Science points towards a God who is largely hidden. Whether this is due to disinterest or giving us room to grow or some other reason is uncertain. In any case it is certain that we are very blessed to have been given such a rich planet to live on and a universe so finely tuned to our needs. God or Nature has given all we need, sadly we may wind up messing up our Eden and turning it into a Hell on Earth. (Graham P)
http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=424926&page=10&p=1066941456#post1066941456In the above forums our friend Dennis Tate mentions a short article by our editor Graham Partis.