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Torsion Fields and the Emergence of Multi-Timeline Structures in Semantic Meme Field Theory
Appendix: Yin Yang Qi SU(3) Timeline as a general example
Abstract
The proliferation of multi-timeline phenomena—from quantum parallel worlds and alternate histories to narrative branching and organizational scenario planning—challenges all conventional, linear models of time and causality. Semantic Meme Field Theory (SMFT) reconceptualizes these effects as emergent from the deep geometric structure of meaning itself. In SMFT, meaning, memory, and evolution unfold as dynamic processes within a high-dimensional semantic phase space, where observer-induced collapse traces record the history of committed interpretations. Crucially, the presence of torsion fields—mathematical structures encoding the twisting and braiding of phase space—enables divergence, convergence, and persistent intertwining of collapse traces, giving rise to a rich spectrum of multi-timeline structures that transcend traditional one-dimensional time.
A key special case arises when triadic symmetry or constraint stabilizes the semantic phase space into three principal attractors—mirroring the universal “Yin-Yang-Qi” structure seen in philosophy, the SU(3) symmetry of quantum chromodynamics, or the Balance Sheet–Profit & Loss–Cashflow triad of finance. In such systems, SMFT predicts the natural emergence of a “3D timeline” structure: three distinct yet interwoven collapse traces, dynamically coordinated by a mediating tension flow (Qi), function as effective timelines. This demonstrates that the so-called “three-dimensional time” is not an imposed axiom, but an emergent attractor within a general field-tension geometry—one that appears wherever triadic balance, mediation, or resource cycling are fundamental.
The motivation for this approach is to unify multi-timeline effects observed across physics, culture, and artificial systems within a single geometric framework. By treating timelines as emergent features sculpted by semantic torsion, SMFT offers powerful explanatory and predictive tools. It illuminates how histories, narratives, and decisions branch, reconcile, or persist as latent “shadow traces” within the semantic field—and how collective observers synchronize or diverge along these paths. The broader implications are profound: SMFT not only offers new insights into the foundations of quantum theory and narrative logic, but also provides designers of organizational, cognitive, and AI systems with strategies to manage complexity, engineer possible futures, and recognize the universal logic underlying the world’s most resilient triadic structures.
