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Eric Wargo recounts how his interest in time travel and precognition began with a UFO sighting in 2009, which led him to read about the paranormal and psychic phenomena mentioned in UFO literature. Initially skeptical of concepts like extrasensory perception (ESP), he was compelled to investigate the scientific research on precognition after encountering Jacques Vallee's writings connecting UFOs and psychic phenomena. A draft paper on a precognition experiment by Daryl Bem in 2011 further convinced Wargo of precognition's reality.
Wargo emphasizes that most precognitive experiences manifest through dreams rather than conscious visions. He discusses examples of strikingly accurate precognitive dreams, like those predicted by J.W. Dunne in the 1920s, artists foreseeing their works, and ordinary people dreaming of future events with uncanny details. Wargo saw patterns of "calendrical resonance" where precognitive dreams cluster around future anniversary dates. He theorizes dreams combine future experiences with past memories to create symbolic representations.
The conversation explores potential neurological and quantum mechanical explanations for precognition, relating it to concepts like retrocausality, quantum computing's handling of temporality, and the brain's hypothesized quantum processes. Wargo argues precognition reveals humans' four-dimensional existence across time. He suggests creativity and inspiration draw from the future self, comparing it to a "quantum airbag" guiding life events. The implications for free will are discussed, with Wargo framing precognition as a form of retrocausal "memory" from the future self.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Precognitive abilities seem to be an innate part of human cognition, primarily manifesting through symbolic dream experiences.
- Many well-documented cases exist of people dreaming uncannily accurate symbolic representations or precise details of future events.
- Precognitive dream experiences are proposed to serve as a kind of "guidance system" providing symbolic glimpses of upcoming experiences.
- Scientific concepts like retrocausality, quantum entanglement, and the brain's potential quantum computational aspects may provide physical explanations for precognition.
- Precognition challenges typical linear conceptions of causality, memory, and the flow of time, suggesting a more four-dimensional perspective on human existence.
- The phenomenon of precognition encourages questioning assumptions around free will and considering inspiration as guidance from the future self.
- Cross-cultural dream journals and accounts provide a wealth of data suggesting precognition is a real albeit poorly understood aspect of human consciousness.
- Investigating precognition could profoundly expand scientific understanding of temporality, causality, consciousness and the human mind.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “If you start reading about precognition at all, you realize that most people experience this in dreams. And a lot of interesting things have been written over the last century about precognitive dreams.“ by Eric Wargo
- “One of the most influential figures in early quantum mechanics was Niels Bohr, and he sort of convinced people that it's just random. And you have to accept that the world is random on the smallest scales in nature, and we have to just accept it, and there's no reason for it.“ by Eric Wargo
- “I'm not honestly that interested in the scientific research because again, right now, it's like little studies and it's easy to dismiss them. But one thing, if you start reading about precognition at all, you realize that most people experience this in dreams.“ by Eric Wargo
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Danny Jones Podcast
Danny Jones
7/1/24
Watch all episodes uncensored & ad-free on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Eric Wargo has a Ph.D. in anthropology from Emory University and works as a professional science writer and editor in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the acclaimed book Time Loops. SPONSORS https://buy.ver.so/danny - Use code DANNY to save 15% on your first order. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off EPISODE LINKS https://x.com/thenightshirt
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OUTLINE 00:00 - psychology study on precognition 14:03 - precognitive dreams 30:50 - why we forget our dreams 33:16 - J.W. Dunne's precognitive dream protocol 40:40 - dreams predicted 9/11 50:35 - famous precognitive dreams 01:00:21 - precognitive day dreams & thoughts 01:03:07 - where our ideas come from 01:18:41 - remote viewing & trained precognition 01:25:18 - Retrocausality 01:36:55 - free will is a myth 01:48:12 - our 4-dimensional universe 02:02:20 - who is gifted with precognition 02:12:31 - lucid dreams & astral projections