Future Influence: The Quantum Physics Of Precognition Or Pseudoscience?
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 10:50
in Physics & Chemistry
From time to time and against strong resistance from the scientific establishment, inspired scientists come out of the closet and dare to publicly consider whether the future can influence the present. Is it in principle possible that we may be able to partially perceive the future say via evolved emotional responses? Future influence has been proposed by Roger Penrose in order to explain how certain crystals grow. So called quasi-periodic crystals avoid additions of atoms into places and orientations that are perfectly allowed while growing but whose occupation would lead to future mismatches in the resulting, larger crystal (this is due to them not having periodic order over large distances like usual crystals). read more