What if life naturally evolves towards time-travel as it begins to understand the geometry of the universe? What if the way to travel more than one direction in time lies in our ability to perceive time in the first place? That’s biological, universal, measurable, and therefore quantifiable – and so far, most things we can quantify, we can manipulate.
Our concept of gods being really limited and ego-centric, I guess sure. But that doesn’t seem sustainable over the long term.
e: also, I’m talking about physics and geometry, not physiology or sociology. Those are generally relevant, but not in this context