[mr12]

This idea is very, very old. I first read about it in the book Stalking the Wild Pendulum.

http://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Wild-Pendulum-Mechanics-Consc...

[shardling]

Why are you referring to a book that was published well after the quote in the article?

>"Feynman's thesis advisor, John Wheeler, proposed the hypothesis in a telephone call to Feynman in the spring of 1940"

[mr12]

Because I'm lazy and didn't read the entire article. You got me.