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The theory of parallel universes is not just maths – it is science that can be tested
The Conversation ^ | 09/02/2015

Posted on 09/11/2015 11:12:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: katana

“Instead the idea that the universe is perhaps one of infinitely many is derived from current theories like quantum mechanics and string theory.”

This article is pop sci fluff. Yes, it’s based mainly on string theory, but string theory is not really a theory, under the scientific definition. It’s an untested (and probably untestable) hypothesis that isn’t based on any experiments or observation, but merely on some interesting mathematical artifacts that have been noticed.


41 posted on 09/11/2015 12:12:40 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: InterceptPoint

Hey, hold your horses there.

String theory has to actually make some predictions before we can even worry about experimentally testing it :)


42 posted on 09/11/2015 12:14:13 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: tet68
"Theoretically, the box could be crushed but you could still open it and find the cat alive..."

True. I thought the Schroeder's Cat theory was about the "uncertainty principle". An objective observer wouldn't know the circumstances of the cat until the box opened. Guess, I got that wrong according to the above. Again, what do I know? Ha.

43 posted on 09/11/2015 12:18:51 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: JPG

44 posted on 09/11/2015 12:19:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (What is the difference between Obama and government bonds? Government bonds will mature someday)
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To: sportutegrl

Yes and I also read a passage that made me think of parallel dimensions and now I’ll have to go look for it.

There is a guy who has a youtube video theorizing that the only way the image on the Shroud of Turin could have been imprinted is at the moment Christ arose the light of the Shekinah Glory from the dimension of Heaven was so intense it put the imprint of Jesus on the cloth. He is saying there is no way it could have occurred naturally or by the hand of a human. Its a very interesting theory.


45 posted on 09/11/2015 12:22:41 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have dropped)
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To: Conan the Librarian
I suggest reading books by Brian Greene or Leonard Susskind.

Brian Greene is a little wordy, but the more I read 'Fabric of the Cosmos' the more I liked it.
46 posted on 09/11/2015 12:24:29 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: TheTopRead

Hmm....

“BlackLight has announced several times that it was about to deliver commercial products based on Mill’s theories but has not delivered a working product.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackLight_Power

Sounds a lot that like Rossi fraudster...


47 posted on 09/11/2015 12:39:25 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Hey, hold your horses there. String theory has to actually make some predictions before we can even worry about experimentally testing it :)
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Oops, I forgot that. So true, so important. A revision is obviously in order.

String Theory Predictions, String Theory Prediction. wherefore art thou String Theory Predictions.

Yes, that’s much better.


48 posted on 09/11/2015 12:39:43 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: SeekAndFind

So Sheldon will go back to M-Theory or in layman’s terms, String Theory.


49 posted on 09/11/2015 12:40:24 PM PDT by NoLibZone (I voted for Mitt. The lesser of 2 evils religious argument put a black Muzzi nationalist in the W.H.)
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To: DannyTN

I think...therefore I FReep


50 posted on 09/11/2015 12:51:08 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: CommerceComet

Well they say you need a genius IQ to understand Quantum Physics which I do not possess but fortunately Mr. GG2 does.

He is of the opinion that there is one Universe on the time space continuum with multiple dimensions based on frequencies. So maybe one dimension is Heaven and another is Hell. Sliding doors so to speak. The older I get the more I am convinced that this is the most probable answer. Because I also believe in a literal Heaven and Hell. I am trying my best to get to Heaven. :-)


51 posted on 09/11/2015 12:51:10 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I find the Shroud interesting. However, no one has ever explained to me why it is 3D image from the face/top only with normal proportions. That would mean the divine radiation hit Christ's face from the top only.

Paint a statue all around and roll it in a cloth. Open the cloth and it is highly distorted. So is the theory that the radiation came from directly above? Why would that be?

Not trying to argue, just always wonder why it is so proportional.

52 posted on 09/11/2015 12:55:56 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: InterceptPoint

Latest LHC data has greatly narrowed the probability gap in which String Theory can survive.

String Theory is hanging by a thread.


53 posted on 09/11/2015 12:58:53 PM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
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To: Raycpa
"We can go some where there is no Obama or Clinton, where Vince Foster is still alive, where rap music does not exist, where McDonald’s serves steak, where I’m a multi-billionaire?"

Not since they closed the mental hospitals.

54 posted on 09/11/2015 12:59:22 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind

Let me know when I can get a Ford with a backdoor that opens to Oz and built in jacuzzi.


55 posted on 09/11/2015 1:06:43 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: A Navy Vet

I have no idea. Its a strange mystery. I thought the whole body was imprinted on the shroud.


56 posted on 09/11/2015 1:10:02 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have dropped)
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To: katana

Fringe Ping!


57 posted on 09/11/2015 1:10:04 PM PDT by folkquest (I plan on being cranky for the next 4 years. Hope to crack a political smile at the midterms!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why doesn’t anyone ever clean Schrödinger’s cat box? You can smell it three dimensions away! Can’t he use that Freshstep or would that mess up physics forever? Us regular folks could use a break here!


58 posted on 09/11/2015 1:10:57 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SeekAndFind

Leonard: At least I didn’t have to invent 26 dimensions just to make the math come out.

Sheldon: I didn’t invent them, they are there!
Leonard: In what universe?

Sheldon: In all of them, that’s the point.


59 posted on 09/11/2015 1:16:37 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: SeekAndFind

Long Earth?


60 posted on 09/11/2015 1:25:24 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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