There is speculation in Forbes that Seldon's psychohistory is being manifested in today's emergence of Big Data.[5] In fact, the fictional character of Seldon has even been labeled as a "paradigmatic figure" in Big Data research.[6] Seldon is quite often named in research as a metaphorical literary reference point.[7][8]
Allow me to introduce these articles into the discussion. Quantum Mechanics
How 'Quantum Cognition' Can Explain Humans' Irrational Behaviors
The theory of quantum mechanics earned its stripes by making accurate predictions concerning the behavior of atoms and the tiny particles that make them up. No one quite understands what quantum mechanics means, but it works. That’s its appeal, and so it’s understandable that researchers in other fields might want to borrow the insights of quantum mechanics.
Enter “quantum cognition,” a new theory which suggests that the mathematical principles behind quantum mechanics could be used to better understand another notoriously inexplicable area of study: human behavior.
And . . .
Quantum Physicists Prove Future Events Determine The Past & That Time Really Is Moving Backwards>
Note: Deep rabbit hole; requires further links within article.
Following excerpt "implies" scientist have figured out how to work in a different time dimension.
Truth is almost always stranger than fiction, as demonstrated by a team of Australian physicists at ANU who recently conducted an astonishing experiment which has proven that what happens to particles in the past is only decided when they are observed and measured in the future. “Until such time, reality is just an abstraction.”
"It proves that measurement is everything. At the quantum level, reality does not exist if you are not looking at it,"
If I understand the latter article correctly, scientist have entered into a new "time dimemsion????
A couple years ago, Darlin and I watched a science interview - forgive me, I do not recall who was being interviewed - but it was a mathematician who had been doing very well with the stock market and he openly explained the concept of the ability to predict the future by having mass data of million/billions of individual decisions.
This concept has been out there in the public realm for some time as a practical reality.
“It proves that measurement is everything. At the quantum level, reality does not exist if you are not looking at it,”
If I understand the latter article correctly, scientist have entered into a new “time dimemsion????
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This is waaaaaaaaaaay out of my skill set, but:
IF I understand the multiverse theory, alternate universes appear every time quantum particle tests take place.
Makes my brain itch. Maybe someone with philosophical math (mathematical philosophy?)chops can comment in a way to make it clearer?
Then there’s this:
Mining the Web to Predict Future Events
http://erichorvitz.com/future_news_wsdm.pdf
Uses 22 years of NYT news articles to predict disease outbreaks, deaths and riots with 70%-90% accuracy.