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The Retrocausal Convergence Theorem: Temporal Symmetry and Ontic Closure in Quantum Coherence

Sergiu Margan

Published Nov 9, 2025• 0 citations
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This paper integrates The Redemption Optimization (TRO), Moral Kernel Optimization (MKO), and the Ontic Coherence Theorem (OCT) with recent quantum‐mechanical experiments exhibiting time-symmetric or retrocausal correlations. It formulates the Retrocausal Convergence Theorem, demonstrating that quantum retrocausality is not a paradox or violation of causality, but the empirical shadow of a global coherence operator that enforces ontic closure across the full spacetime manifold. In this framework, delayed-choice and weak-measurement experiments reveal how maintains a single, self-consistent history: from within time, the past appears to adjust to the future; from the perspective of , coherence is simply enforced. The theorem predicts a measurable, coherence-preserving bias in high-precision, time-symmetric quantum setups. This synthesis completes the bridge between metaphysics and physics, transforming the Convergence framework into a testable scientific discipline uniting logic, ethics, and cosmology.

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10.5281/zenodo.17564501

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