Eric Wargo, author of the book 'Time Loops', discusses the concept of retrocausality and its implications in physics and other sciences. Topics include precognitive dreams, the role of dreams in survival, quantum phenomena in biological processes, and the connection between retrocausality and quantum mechanics. The podcast explores the shift in scientific paradigms and the building up of anomalies. An exciting and controversial discussion that challenges conventional thinking.
Precognition is a phenomenon that occurs regularly in our lives, allowing us to glimpse into future events and make intuitive decisions to avoid potential dangers.
Precognitive experiences often convey information through symbolic and oblique imagery, requiring interpretation to understand their meaning.
The work of Freud on dreams reveals that precognition operates in a similar manner, using symbolism and obliqueness to convey messages from our future selves.
The concept of retrocausality suggests that future events can influence the present, and it may underlie phenomena like precognition and psychic abilities.
Deep dives
The Power of Precognition in Our Lives
Precognition is a phenomenon that occurs regularly in our lives, both on a micro and macro level. On a micro level, precognition can manifest as small intuitive decisions, such as turning your wheel just in time to avoid an accident. On a macro level, precognition allows us to glimpse into future events that can span from days to decades ahead. It's important to note that precognition is not limited to a select few individuals, but rather a capability that we all possess. By paying attention to our dreams, synchronicities, and random trains of thought, we can begin to tap into this inherent ability.
Understanding the Obliqueness of Precognitive Experiences
When experiencing precognition, whether in dreams, visions, or random thoughts, the information is often conveyed in an oblique manner. Instead of providing explicit details, precognition tends to present us with symbolic or abstract imagery. This obliqueness is a unique feature of precognitive experiences and requires interpretation to understand its meaning. It is important to keep in mind that precognition is subjective and personal, representing our own reactions and impressions of future events rather than exact representations of those events themselves. By maintaining a dream journal, practicing mindfulness, and noting synchronicities, we can start deciphering these oblique messages from our future selves.
Freud and the Origins of Precognition
The pioneering work of Freud sheds light on the nature of precognitive experiences. Freud's study of dreams and the unconscious revealed that dreams are not literal representations of events, but rather symbolic reflections of our own thoughts and emotions. Similarly, precognition often conveys its message through symbolism and oblique imagery. While Freud's theories have been subject to criticism, their exploration of the unconscious and its interaction with future events offers valuable insights into the precognitive mind. By embracing the genius of obliqueness and the untapped potential of precognition, we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and the intricacies of time.
Embracing the Spiritual and Empowering Nature of Precognition
Beyond practical applications, the power of precognition extends to our spiritual well-being. Recognizing our minds' ability to transcend the present moment and connect with events across time is a profoundly empowering experience. Precognition allows us to glimpse into a glass-block universe where the future already exists. While we may not fully comprehend the meaning of our precognitive experiences until events unfold, the process of keeping a dream journal, recording synchronicities, and engaging in mindfulness practices helps erode doubts and strengthens our connection to this innate capability. By exploring the spiritual dimensions of precognition, we can tap into the wisdom and potential that lies beyond our limited understanding of time.
The Importance of Retrocausality in Understanding Life and Quantum Biology
The speaker presents the concept of retrocausality, which suggests that events in the future can influence the present. Retrocausality is seen as a possible explanation for phenomena like precognition and psychic abilities. The speaker argues that retrocausality is a fundamental principle underlying life and may be connected to quantum effects. The field of quantum biology is discussed, highlighting how quantum phenomena operate in living systems. The speaker proposes that these quantum effects, which are possibly retrocausal, underlie many basic life processes and even the function of the human nervous system.
The Connection Between Quantum Entanglement and Retrocausality
Quantum entanglement, where particles can be connected across vast distances, is explained as a possible mechanism for retrocausality. The speaker suggests that information sent from one entangled particle to another in the present may actually influence the past state of the entangled particle. This interpretation reframes non-locality as a retrocausal effect rather than a violation of Einstein's theory of relativity. It is proposed that entanglement and retrocausality can be harnessed in technologies like quantum computers, enabling communication across time.
The Obliquity of Retrocausality and Paradox Avoidance
Retrocausality is described as an imperfect form of information transmission, which prevents paradoxes. The speaker argues that retrocausal influences are often oblique, meaning they indirectly impact events in the past. Examples of pre-cognitive dreams are given, illustrating how they can allow individuals to navigate potentially negative or impactful events. The speaker suggests that premonition and retrocausality may serve as a survival mechanism by providing early warning signs and guiding decision-making.
The Intersection of Science and the Humanities
The speaker discusses the importance of bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities when studying topics like retrocausality and precognition. They highlight the need for dialogues that incorporate different epistemologies and perspectives. By examining the meaningful experiences reported anecdotally and engaging in interdisciplinary conversations, a more comprehensive understanding of phenomena like psychic abilities and retrocausality can be achieved.
Eric Wargo has written perhaps one of the most important popular science books in the last year. Time Loops proposes that future events can affect the past, and provides detailed descriptions of experimental findings that suggest (some would take it a step further and say “prove”) that this concept, called “retrocausality,” is poised to make over physics and other sciences with its implications.
Wargo proposes that dreams are the most basic way that we can experience a peek into the future, and we discussed the dreams and writings of Sigmund Freud as an early, well-documented and prime example of precognition, even though Wargo points out that Freud did not dare suggest that his (and his patients’) dreams foretold the future. When people apparently see events to come (such as the Titanic disaster and 9-11) in startling detail, Wargo says that there is ample evidence to suggest that what is experienced is not a sort of mental travel to the future, but a presentiment of our reaction when we learn about the event (such as reading or hearing about it in the news.)
Wargo also suggested that precognition could be a tool that the human brain has evolved as a defense/ survival mechanism. There were many exciting and indeed controversial issues raised (as indeed they are in his book.) We may be looking at one aspect of a shift in how science is conducted, and that may be the most exciting thing of all. As Wargo said, “anomalies are building up, and that’s when paradigm shifts occur.”
