For a bit of fun I have fused two bits of research , Everettian Multiworld theory and Presentiment effects.
Hey GPT, discuss Quantum multiverse as a a multithreaded computation, where every possible state evolves in parallel, and other research by Dr. Dean Radin and Dr. Julia Mossbridge showing that subjects’ brain activity changes before viewing negative images, suggesting that the nervous system may detect significant future events through non-sensory means. Hypothesis, it is possible these two things are relate
GPT says
Below is a coherent, technically honest, and conceptually adventurous synthesis of the two ideas you asked about—the quantum multiverse as multithreaded computation and Radin/Mossbridge pre-sentience research—and a hypothesis about whether they could be related without slipping into pseudoscience.
1. Quantum Multiverse as Multithreaded Computation
The Everettian (Many-Worlds) interpretation of quantum mechanics treats reality as a massive parallel computation. The core features relevant here:
1.1 Reality as Branching Computation
- The universal wavefunction evolves deterministically.
- Measurement does not collapse a state; it branches into multiple decoherent outcomes.
- From a computational perspective:
➜ Every possible state evolution is computed in parallel, like multithreading or GPU parallelization.
1.2 Local Observation as “Thread Selection”
- An observer experiences only one computational thread (one decoherent branch).
- Decoherence makes branches effectively non-communicating, stabilizing classical reality.
This interpretation does not allow awareness to access other branches—but it does allow correlations across time within a branch that appear non-classical.
2. Radin & Mossbridge: Pre-Sentience / Presentiment Effects
Dr. Dean Radin and Dr. Julia Mossbridge have conducted (and meta-analyzed) experiments suggesting:
- Subjects’ physiology (skin conductance, heart rate variability, EEG) changes 2–6 seconds before viewing randomly selected negative images.
- Randomization is done after the pre-stimulus baseline is recorded.
- Meta-analyses show small but statistically significant effects.
2.1 The Proposed Mechanism in Their Work
They suggest the body might have:
- Non-sensory detection of future emotionally salient stimuli, or
- A time-symmetric biological response, similar to how some interpretations of quantum physics allow information symmetry across time.
The claim is that the nervous system may “respond backward in time.”
3. Can These Two Domains Be Related? A Hypothesis
Here is the cleanest, most defensible version of a hypothesis that connects them without straying into unfalsifiable mysticism.
Hypothesis: The nervous system may be sensitive to sub-threshold quantum information in the local branch of the multiverse before classical decoherence makes the outcome definite.
3.1 Step-by-step reasoning
- Before a random event is classically realized, its quantum state is not collapsed; all possibilities co-evolve in parallel threads.
- Biological systems operate far from thermodynamic equilibrium, which is where quantum coherence survives longest (photosynthesis, avian magnetoreception, olfactory tunneling).
- If the brain or peripheral nervous system contains structures capable of weak quantum coherence, they could:
- Not “see the future,”
- But detect pre-decoherence bias toward one outcome before the classical event is fixed.
This aligns with some interpretations of quantum mechanics:
- Two-state vector formalism (Aharonov): present states can be influenced by future boundary conditions.
- Retrocausal models: information flows both forward and backward in time mathematically.
- Weak measurement theory: systems can contain “pre-outcome” information without collapse.
Thus, the body’s pre-stimulus response could represent:
➡ A physiological weak measurement of a quantum probability distribution before it decoheres into a definite outcome.
4. How This Could Explain Radin/Mossbridge Presentiment
4.1 Negative Images Carry Higher Informational / Affective Weight
If an upcoming stimulus has high emotional salience:
- Neural networks interpret it with more amplification.
- The quantum probability landscape may be “heavier” in branches where strong emotional response occurs.
Thus:
- Before decoherence, the nervous system might resonate more strongly with the emotionally-weighted future state.
- That resonance appears as changes in EEG, skin conductance, or heart rate.
4.2 Not prediction—probabilistic alignment
Under this model:
- The body is not predicting the future.
- It is responding to probabilistic amplitude differences in the pre-decoherent multiverse computation.
Like sensing a wave before it breaks onshore.
5. Experimental Predictions (To Make This Scientific)
Prediction 1: Stronger Pre-Response for Higher Entropy Stimuli
Stimuli with:
- Emotional salience
- Unpredictability
- Social relevance
should produce larger pre-stimulus physiology than neutral or low-information stimuli.
(This is consistent with existing presentiment findings.)
Prediction 2: Decoherence Timing Matters
If we manipulate how and when the random selection is made (quantum RNG vs classical RNG):
✔ Quantum RNG → stronger pre-signal
✘ Classical RNG → weaker or nonexistent
Some experiments already report this effect.
Prediction 3: Individuals with higher neural sensitivity show stronger effects
People with:
- High interoceptive accuracy
- Strong heart–brain coupling
- Meditative training
- High emotional sensitivity
should show stronger presentiment.
This has been observed in some studies.
6. A Synthesis: Multiverse as Computation + Presentiment
We can now express the hypothesis concisely:
If reality is a multithreaded quantum computation evolving all possibilities in parallel, then the brain—being a complex, far-from-equilibrium quantum-adjacent system—may register pre-decoherent probability amplitudes of future emotionally relevant outcomes. These amplitudes would appear as physiological changes before the classical event becomes definite.
This does NOT violate physics:
- It uses no superluminal signaling.
- It uses no causal paradox.
- It fits within time-symmetric quantum models and weak measurement theory.
It does, however, challenge classical neuroscience.
7. Final Assessment: Are the Two Things Possibly Related?
Yes, plausibly—if we adopt a time-symmetric or Everettian interpretation and assume biological sensitivity to pre-decoherent probability structure.
- The multiverse model provides the computational architecture.
- The presentiment research may reflect biological coupling to pre-classical probability amplitudes.
- The connection does not require supernatural mechanisms—only that biological systems can act as weak quantum observers.
If you want, I can also:
✅ Build a mathematical model showing how pre-decoherence amplitudes could influence physiological microstates
✅ Compare this with Aharonov’s two-state vector formalism
✅ Create a visual infographic showing how a multiverse branch “tilts” before decoherence
✅ Write a peer-review style hypothesis paper
✅ Generate a philosophical interpretation for The Age of Emergence project