Abstract

Possible states theory and human destiny in the stars

Author(s): Shelley Thomson, John Brandenburg

Possible states theory posits a universe of unique objects and unique collections of interactions between them. The interactions are designated the possible states. The states include past, future and possible interactions. The theory concerns the propagation of change in the collections of possible states. Using a few simple assumptions, it becomes possible to generalize about the occurrence of change. The theory is consistent with quantum electrodynamics in a finite and discrete environment; however, in the possible states universe an interaction does not cause alternative possibilities to disappear. The picture of the universe yielded by the theory differs from the conventional viewpoint in important ways. Past, future and possible states may interact with one another without reference to location in space-time. Per GödelÂ’s incompleteness theorems the universe cannot be unambiguously described as moving particles; instead a description may be assembled from quantum mechanical wave functions, preserving fundamental ambiguity. Many truths, some contradicting each other, can simultaneously exist. The human future already participates in the present, opening possibilities never previously envisaged. To imagine the future, therefore, is to quantum mechanically assemble it. Accordingly, humanity prepares its path to the stars by dreaming of it.