5D Many Worlds
The five dimensional model for quantum foundations, reality and consciousness.
Our universe, and all matter exhibits three spatial dimensions. We often call them width, depth and height (or X,Y,Z axis). A 4th dimension of "time" is bound with our spatial dimensions, and core to the reality we experience as 4D Space-Time. (T,X,Y,Z) This was first discovered/proposed by Albert Einstein in the early 20th century, as part of Special and General Relativity, which reshaped our understanding of time, matter and gravity. The fourth dimension of time allows change to the entire three dimensional construct of the universe.
ConscioCentrism proposes that another 5th dimension is bound to 4D Spacetime, which allows for quantum probability, superposition, freewill/choice/branching, and consciousness. The 5th dimension is a canvas of possible 4D spacetime continuums which we freely navigate in consciousness and branch between based on the thoughts and actions of the collective.
Quantum Foundations:
From a quantum foundations standpoint, this aligns with the Many Worlds interpretation (Hugh Everett's Relative State Formulation), and is consistent with the Schrödinger equation and Born Rule. The "many worlds" indicates a dimensional extrusion from our known 4D spacetime to five dimensions... literally many 4D worlds in a 5D canvas of possibilities. A dimensional promotion, at its core, indicates taking all the dimensions beneath (or above), and creating a vector for change. This idea of a 5th dimension also aligns well with David Bohm's theory of an implicate and explicate order, and a sort of holographic underpinning to quantum mechanics and reality.
The Amazing Capabilities of Consciousness:
Consciousness is, and has been, the elephant in the room among physicists since the unveiling of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century. It has been a sort of taboo topic to discuss, along with questioning the dogmatic Copenhagen interpretation of quantum collapse. But among physicists who are considering quantum foundations and really understanding reality, it has become clear that consciousness is a component, and shouldn't just be swept under the rug and ignored.
We take it for granted, but our conscious abilities are extraordinary. We can, in the blink of an eye, jump backward in time to our memories, forward in time to visualize our futures, and sideways through time to envision other potential versions of reality had we made different choices. This is an amazing feat, and we will explore how this ability is actually our consciousness traveling through the 5D canvas of many spacetime possibilities (the Implicate Order), visualizing and partially enfolding a new window of reality, but with not necessarily enough consensus/alignment to create the solidity which we collectively experience in "the moment of now".
Further Speculation About Gravity and the Collective Moment of Now:
This 5th Dimension paradigm for quantum foundations may also be key to uniting Gravity with Quantum Mechanics... which is a sort of holy grail of physics. Consciocentrism posits that the concept of dimensional gravity may actually exhibit its "bending effect" at the 4D:5D manifold, similar to how Einstein explained gravity at the 3D:4D manifold -- and not only cause 3D matter to gravitationally gather together, but also have a "gravitational effect" on 4D time, into what we collectively experience as "the moment of now". Gravity may be the reason we all experience "now" together... though, Consciocentrism posits the possibility that like we have different pockets of 3D:4D spatial gravity (planets, stars), there may be pockets in 5D reality in distant parts of the universe which gravitate to different time indexes for their "moment of now".
Max PlanckPhysicist, Father of Quantum Theory "As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter."
Hugh EverettPhysicist, Quantum Foundations Pioneer "The Many-World's Interpretation is the only completely coherent approach to explaining both the contents of quantum mechanics and the appearance of the world."
Michael TalbotConscious Researcher, Author "Because the term hologram usually refers to an image that is static and does not convey the dynamic and ever active nature of the incalculable enfoldings and unfoldings that moment by moment create our universe, Bohm prefers to describe the universe not as a hologram, but as a "holomovement. " The existence of a deeper and holographically organized order also explains why reality becomes nonlocal at the subquantum level. As we have seen, when something is organized holographically, all semblance of location breaks down. Saying that every part of a piece of holographic film contains all the information possessed by the whole is really just another way of saying that the information is distributed nonlocally. Hence, if the universe is organized according to holographic principles, it, too, would be expected to have nonlocal properties."
Norman FriedmanPhysicist, Author "The inescapable suggestion is that reality has both local and nonlocal aspects; that there exists a more fundamental level than our macroscopic world, which corresponds to Heisenberg's potentia, Bohm's implicate order, Seth's Framework 2, and the world of light outside Plato's cave. All of these denote the timeless level of reality, the world of the wave function before collapse – the level from which, through the act of observation, our three-dimensional world is created."
Sara WalkerAstrobiologist, Theoretical Physicist, Professor "Ultimately, time is intrinsic to our experiences of the world, and it is necessary for evolution to happen. If we want physics to be capable of explaining life – and us - it may be that we need to treat time as a material property for the first time in physics."
Brian GreenePhysicist, Mathematician, String Theorist, Author "... the comings and goings we observe in the three dimensions of day-to-day life might themselves be holographic projections of physical processes taking place on a distant, two-dimensional surface."
Brian GreenePhysicist, Mathematician, String Theorist, Author "Within the modified equations, Kaluza found the ones Einstein had already used successfully to describe gravity in the familiar three dimensions of space and one of time. But because his new formulation included an additional dimension of space, Kaluza found an additional equation. Lo and behold, when Kaluza derived this equation he recognized it as the very one Maxwell had discovered half a century earlier to describe the electromagnetic field."
Sean CarrollPhysicist, Philosopher "The idea of dimension in pop culture is sometimes misunderstood like there’s a place you can go, a mystical dimension or something like that. To a physicist or mathematician, a dimension is just a direction."
Amit GoswamiPhysicist, Author "With nonlocal connection, we are forced to conceptualize a domain of reality outside space-time because a nonlocal connection cannot happen in space-time."
Carlo RovelliTheoretical Physicist "For a hypothetically supersensible being, there would be no “flowing” of time: the universe would be a single block of past, present, and future."