The Unlikely Buddha

Abstract The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) resolves time travel paradoxes through isolated branching, precluding influence on the origin timeline. We introduce the Quantum Resonance Channels (QRC) framework, positing persistent trans-branch entanglement via ER=EPR-like bridges, allowing asymmetric, decaying probabilistic nudges back to the source branch. Effects scale as epsilon ~ 10^-3, preserving macroscopic consistency while bypassing inherent roadblocks—systematic physical obstacles that thwart attempts to alter fixed past events. Derivations from decoherence theory, holographic entropy bounds, and unitarity yield testable predictions: anomalous Bell correlations in high-energy experiments and CMB non-Gaussianity. 1. Introduction Time travel to the past confronts paradoxes like the grandfather scenario, where altering history undermines the traveler's existence. Novikov's self-consistency principle enforces fixed timelines, while MWI branches divergences into par...

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