On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author Eric Wargo about his theories surrounding time, precognition, retro causality, and the paranormal. 

Wargo has written several books, two of which we talk about extensively in this conversation: “Time Loops,” which lays out his theory for how precognition may work, and “From Nowhere,” an elucidation of that theory and an examination of how this innate human skill seems to have manifested itself in the work of several prominent writers and artists throughout history. 

Wargo is an outlier as a theorist. His ideas of precognition and retro causality don’t rely on consciousness as a mechanism, and don’t presuppose the imminent demise of reductive materialism, or physicalism, as a force in science.

He maintains that discoveries in physics have opened and will continue to open doors to the possibility that causation can run both forwards and backwards. His ideas, he says, amount to a rebirth of teleology – this time minus an all-powerful deity as motivator. 

Citing examples like author Norman Mailer, Wargo in this chat and in his books cites examples of how the work of some artists seems to reflect future, meaningful experiences they will have, events that seem to reverberate backwards through time and draw them forward into manifestation. 

What are the implications for free will? Was John Calvin right in a sense about predestination? How would the proving of this theory impact our culture and our understanding of what it means to be human?

Wargo has a PhD in anthropology from Emory University and works as a science writer and editor in Washington, DC. In his spare time, he writes about science fiction, consciousness, and the paranormal at his popular blog, The Nightshirt.

To buy his books:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07G2RT5CZ?ingress=0&visitId=0dbd5c21-01f4-468d-9087-f996eddd3f9c

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