In science fiction books we are intertained by people who build a time machine and visit some location in the past.
The idea is somewhat based on the theory of four dimensional reality. When a star implodes into it's own center of gravity it seems to vanish into a wormhole ( aka - Black Hole). One theory suggests that the black wormhole opens up into another dimension of time and space. So you would be making a journey back in time or forward in time if you are an star that is in the process of being terminated from this universe.
One might imagine that the star is having a "born agian" experience. Having fallen into it's depression zone of the dark soul and then emerging again from that dark soul into some other heavenly environment. But such is not scientific because it sounds too religious. Metaphysical.
None the less the wormhole theory is popular among some visionary scientists who believe that they are on the cutting edge as great thinkers.
I think that a machanical time machine is outside of any reasonable expectation for wanna-be inventors. But I got another idea that might link the belief in wormholes with ideas discovered in the field of paranormal science.
The near death experience simulates the theory of wormhole in space and time. (or at least in space).
Reported as evidence we know that many people journey through a back wormhole tunnel and emerge on the other side which is another illuminated environment when they die (and are quickly restored to life by medical procedures - so they can recall the memory of what happens when you die.)
It could be that when our life is terminated our consciousness implodes like a star into a dimensional black hole to emerge again at some other point in time? That is the question based on what people reported who died for short time but did not remain there because of CPR - etc.
So can consciousness implode into it's own center of gravity like a supernova star? And then emerge through a wormhole into another dimension of time and space - or even what religion might call "heaven".
Perhaps a center universe where one could journey out from the hub via the spokes into any time frame that has ever existed or that could exsist in the future, To reason this out we must determine if time is like the flat earth or if it is circular or global in it's design - with a center hub of relative stillness. Point zero.
Where does our consciousness vanish into when we die along with our "enlightenment" in awareness? According to Hawking - information cannot vanish and our memory is stored information which is part of our conscious matrix.
For testing purposes science would need to invent the equipment that is able to kill someone and then bring them back before it is too late (to remain in this dimension). That would be like inventing a time machine and people could have near death experiences in a controlled and safe situation. (once the near death machine has all the bugs worked out of it's operational system). However they cannot invent that machine because of legal laws based on the morality that "thou shalt not kill". So we would need to rewrite the laws saying that it is okay to kill someone for scientific experiments to find out facts about wormholes.
This is a great idea and a neat combination of two theories that would also merge science and metaphyics into one happy group - "let's work together" envirnonment of study.
Whatcha think about my idea?
Here is a webpage you can use to debunk or advocate my theory.
BBC - Science & Nature - Space - Time Travel