I do have a theory that may be somewhat interesting regarding timelines. It'd be interesting to run it by John to see how accurate it is.
There are some things that are "Time Locked" and somethings that aren't. What I mean is that some events are predestined and cannot be changed. However the same event cannot occur on every worldline, as it would be physically impossible. Causality plays a big role here, if one is supposed to do something but attempt to perform another action that would prevent it from happening then the action would be prevented by some measure from happening. I've actually observed this first person. I know of a future event and at the time I didn't know who it related to, but anyway every time I attempted to become friends with the person, causality seemed to prevent it. For instance the buses were late, they were sick, etc. I now know the event relates to someone I haven't met yet, but may meet them on October 1st.
It could be a case of some force forcing events to happen for a particular reason, such as a convergence event, which would make my theory similar to the "Attractor field" theroy mentioned in Stiens;Gate. However I don't believe that a time machine could be limited by the convergence events, since in nature it would operate outside the limitations of the worldline. That said, its possible that convergence/divergence events cannot be changed so that the only way to change events is to find a particular point in history where the event is not timelocked. Off the top of my head there are two divergence points that are nearby. January 1st 2000 (Probably no Time lock) and September 11, 2001 (Time Locked). That said, I imagine that in order to escape our convergence field (Alpha), we would need to utilize divergence points much further back than that. Possibly as far back as a one and a half thousand years!
In order to properly visualize worldlines, you have to have 3 or more dimensions. 1 axis is time, another is one type of divergence and the other is another type of divergence. The main type of divergence would be the level of control I'm guessing. In terms of divergence I would assume that there would be ~50% from each side of the "Central Worldline", but I could be wrong and it could be 100% either side. On one side would be anarchy (Less government control to no government at all) and the other side totalitarianism. In theory the central world line should be a utopia of sorts. If you think about it, it'd be something like this:
Anarchy - Utopia - Totalitarianism
I mentioned another type of divergence, and it is also quite important. It refers to the method used in the world line. I.e, how did the worldline get to this point. You can have a similar end result but get there in much different ways. However I suspect that if one diverges too much on this axis then the world itself will start appearing quite weird, like stuff stretched out in relation to our worldline, or technology missing. (Like concrete) An example of this type of divergence is if HAARP was created during the cold war. Both powers would try to mess with each other's weather and end up completely destroying the world's weather systems and making it so that there are constantly sudden electro static discharges in the atmosphere. (Similar fashion to the ones in a movie called "the core") Not exactly sure if there is a particular pattern but I think it would be safe to assume that its:
(- Tech) - (Same tech) - (+ Tech)
As for the soul, I do have a theory on that but have no real hard evidence to back it up (Yet). I sometimes wonder if being able to remember alternate world lines has something to do with time travel itself. Specifically if one is to become a time traveler or is influenced by one, then they will remember events that they shouldn't. For instance, I remember meeting my future self when I was young but he has never been to this timeline. (The event never actually happened here in other words) Also, I do have memories of events that can only be explained if time travel is involved.
Hopefully this theory isn't too long and complicated...
You should google "Mandela Effect." From time to time over the last 15 years my time line (altervu) has changed. When I first started doing research (2012) it occurred to me that maybe the time slips (altervu's) coincided with the times that John was supposed to visit 177 Tempus Edax Rerum - Good Luck, John. The John Titor Foundation. It might all just be coincidence. However, I have (currently) been researching the (above quoted) "Mandela Effect" that recently took place on my time line - Researching the two (2) faxes that John sent - Lo and Behold - This forum is discussing the possible return of John. This forum thread is (now) of great interest. Has the arrival of John at various times created these "Mandela Effects" (merging timelines / altervu's)?
