Brief
Block universe theory
The claims the writer was given for Block universe theory, in the order they were given.
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Block universe theory asserts that the past, present, and future all exist as a permanent, vast block of reality.
“Block universe theory asserts that everything—past, present, and future –exists. Everything is part of a vast “block.” It is all permanent.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:1202-1331 opinion first hand
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Under block universe theory, the fourth dimension is not duration but the entire block of reality from beginning to end, and time is just another dimension.
“In other words, the mysterious fourth dimension is not duration, but the entire huge block of reality, from beginning to end. Under this theory, time is just another dimension.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:1342-1508 opinion first hand
3
Whitley Strieber believes that visitors associated with Unidentified Aerial Phenomena have escaped the thin line of the present moment within the block universe that humans perceive as they move through time.
“If this theory is correct, then what has happened is that our visitors have apparently escaped the thin line of moment—the now—that is what we perceive as we move through the block.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:1520-1695 opinion first hand
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Whitley Strieber considers that moving back into the past involves moving back to where the past was in the universe, and that in a block universe every moment still exists somewhere.
“because moving back into the past involves not only some magical change it involves moving back to where the past was in the universe you have to go back there and if this is a block universe it's still there every moment is still there somewhere”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:33:42.8-00:34:00.4 opinion first hand