Thinking Backwards about Time

Author(s)

D. P. Sheehan, University of San DiegoFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-18-2024

Journal Title

Timing & Time Perception

Volume Number

12

First Page

208

Last Page

212

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1163/22134468-bja10103

Version

Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a CC BY License.

Disciplines

Physics

Abstract

The concept of time in physics and its connection to consciousness are becoming increasingly problematic. A missing ingredient to both could be retrocausation — the temporal inverse of everyday causation — in which the future influences the past. Apparent evidence for it is in the phenomenon of precognition. Thus far, psychology and physics have assiduously avoided incorporating precognition into their paradigms, even though experimental evidence for it is substantial. Among many noteworthy studies, the Graff–Cyrus experiment is explicated here as an outstanding example of the phenomenon. It is hoped that consciousness, retrocausation, and precognition can be accommodated within the current paradigm of physics, helping bridge the gap to psychology.

Digital USD Citation

Sheehan, D. P., "Thinking Backwards about Time" (2024). Physics and Biophysics: Faculty Scholarship. 27.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/phys-faculty/27