Theorys on the 5th dimension

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Hawking, on chronology protection is a whole matter within itself. From time to time the suggestion that thought perhaps transcends time is raised both within the metaphysical debate and within more traditional scientific avenues. Put it this way, if there are ever proved to be quantum processess that trancend normal time/space limits then it in theory would be possible that thought can trancend time. Certain modern theories, mostly multidimensional ones, allow for possible breaking of lorentz symmetry, possible interdimensional barrier crossing, etc. All of this would allow for such.

But here is the hard case at the present. No study under parapsychology that has ever been documented has ever been able to demonstrate a consistant experimental evidence that can be duplcated at will in multiple locations, by different teams that would actually give the proper scientific evidence for such. That's the type of "evidence" that real science would require before such would be accepted. Now, does this mean such does not exist? No, I once witnessed some of the work our Military has done in the past as far as experiments go with what the public terms ESP. I've witnessed a few cases that do seem to transcend beyond our ability to explain using the scientific method. As a Scientists I personally suspect there is an answer to all this. But, while the test conducted did follow proper scientific methods of investigation I might also note that none of these where the type of results that could be consistant lab duplicated. As such, while certain theory does allow for such at the present one simply cannot present hard experimental and observational evidence for such.

This being the case then in general this type of discussion while interesting more fits under either a discussion of psychology or philosophy.