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One-Electron Universe

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  1. lioeters · · focus · HN ↗
    A twist on this theory: One-Observer Universe.

    It is the hypothesis that all observers are actually manifestations of a single observer experiencing all of time, space, and every point of view. All world lines across spacetime are parts of one single line "like a huge tangled knot" traced out by the one observer.

    1. gizajob · · focus · HN ↗
      I think some branches of Buddhism derived this too.
      1. thesmtsolver2 · · focus · HN ↗
        Originally derived from Hinduism thousands of years before Buddha (see Advaita for a modern view and Upanishads or Gita/Vedas for source)

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        1. r3trohack3r · · focus · HN ↗
          Christianity (Catholicism) derived this as well. John Scotus Eriugena in the 800s.

          Apocatastasis

          The thesis goes something like: God is timeless. Time is necessary for change. In order to experience change, God creates universes that have time and descends into these lower states of existence. This gives rise to conscious beings - they’re literally small disconnected slices of God that descended to our state of existence. When you die, you “roll up” back into God taking your lived experience with you.

          He was posthumously condemned in 1225 with an order for his books to be burned.

          1. edgyquant · · focus · HN ↗
            I think most mysticism from all various religions eventually arise at a similar conclusion, this leads me to believe it must be the truth.
            1. NDlurker · · focus · HN ↗
              Either it&#x27;s truth or it&#x27;s something about the human mind&#x2F;experience that gets them to the same ideas.
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