This is a speculative but physics-grounded framework I’ve developed that reconsiders how we observe and experience time — not by reversing it, but by aligning with the light it leaves behind.
Core Concept
Every moment in time emits light that travels outward through space, indefinitely. This light contains detailed information about the moment — temperature, color, motion, and potentially full state data if reconstructed properly.
If we locate that light — and not just observe it, but synchronize with its frequency, position, and propagation — we may not merely see the moment but arrive at it.
This theory proposes that by phase-locking with the traveling light from a historical moment, one could “join” that moment in a spatially displaced copy of it, without altering the original timeline.
The light serves as a continuous, navigable archive of time. And arrival, in this sense, is not time travel in the traditional, causality-breaking sense, but a kind of temporal relocation through light synchronization.
Supporting Frameworks
The theory is consistent with General Relativity’s treatment of space-time and time dilation.
It preserves causality by positing that any interaction occurs in a newly diverged timeline, aligned with the Many-Worlds Interpretation.
It draws from observational astronomy: we already “see the past” when observing distant stars. This theory extends that principle from passive observation to active arrival.
Why It Might Matter
Reframes time not as a flowing river, but as a continuous, persistent field of observable moments.
Suggests time is not lost but merely dispersed through light.
Could open new directions for cosmology, quantum computing, or space-time mapping technologies.
I’m sharing this not as a professional physicist, but as someone who deeply believes in the value of outsider thinking to inspire professional insight.
Theory of Temporal Navigation via Light Synchronization
This is a speculative but physics-grounded framework I’ve developed that reconsiders how we observe and experience time — not by reversing it, but by aligning with the light it leaves behind.
Core Concept
Every moment in time emits light that travels outward through space, indefinitely. This light contains detailed information about the moment — temperature, color, motion, and potentially full state data if reconstructed properly.
If we locate that light — and not just observe it, but synchronize with its frequency, position, and propagation — we may not merely see the moment but arrive at it.
This theory proposes that by phase-locking with the traveling light from a historical moment, one could “join” that moment in a spatially displaced copy of it, without altering the original timeline.
The light serves as a continuous, navigable archive of time. And arrival, in this sense, is not time travel in the traditional, causality-breaking sense, but a kind of temporal relocation through light synchronization.
Supporting Frameworks
The theory is consistent with General Relativity’s treatment of space-time and time dilation.
It preserves causality by positing that any interaction occurs in a newly diverged timeline, aligned with the Many-Worlds Interpretation.
It draws from observational astronomy: we already “see the past” when observing distant stars. This theory extends that principle from passive observation to active arrival.
Why It Might Matter
Reframes time not as a flowing river, but as a continuous, persistent field of observable moments.
Suggests time is not lost but merely dispersed through light.
Could open new directions for cosmology, quantum computing, or space-time mapping technologies.
Whitepaper and Resources
I’ve compiled the theory into a whitepaper (with a diagram) available here:
👉 https://osf.io/n952g/
I’m sharing this not as a professional physicist, but as someone who deeply believes in the value of outsider thinking to inspire professional insight.
— Luis Herrera