Ask A Genius 1338: Can an Informational Universe Cycle Between Dormancy and Activity to Maintain Structural Integrity?

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Could you fathom a universe that is still functional but oscillates in its progression through time—so that time is not strictly linear? Its net vector in spacetime still points forward, as in a directional "arrow of time," but the progression jumps around: something like t₁, t₃, t₂, t₄—stuff like that? Rick Rosner: …

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