Parallel Universes: Are They More Than a Figment of Our Imagination? A Galaxy Classic

The Daily Galaxy ^ | 5/21/09

[GOPJ]

But he admits that there will be a lot of work to do before we can manipulate space-time in a way that makes “hops” possible.

Worlds separated by nanoseconds would be so similar a person wouldn't know if they had "hopped". Astronauts are a few seconds off - maybe a million worlds away - and yet "here"....

[dr_lew]

The “many worlds” interpretation of quantum mechanics is an attempt to resolve the “measurement problem” by saying that all such measurements occur and define a branching reality. The quantum space time is reduced, or amplified, into a stupendously multifarious and phantasmogoric static space-time, and our subjective life journey is held to be an illusion, with the apparent “nowness” that we experience occurring at all times and places equally, and with equal conviction of uniqueness.

This construct bears no resemblance whatsoever to the popular notion of parallel universes, which includes the possibility of people and objects moving between them.

[gorush]

“The Elegant Universe” by Brian Greene...you might enjoy it.

[Sawdring]

Your own personal Utopia?

It reminds me of the movie "What Dreams May Come." An older Robin Williams flick. Good movie even though I can't stand his acting.

[Sawdring]

One of my favorite lines from a movie: "Don't touch it, it's evil."

[SunkenCiv]

Seems like an appropriate topic to ping.

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[autumnraine]

Dr. Michio Kaku’s take on Parallel Universes really makes me believe it’s possible!

You should go to his Facebook group and watch the videos he has posted.

[SunkenCiv]

As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter. -- Max Planck, 1944

[Hot Tabasco]

SLIDERS

[buccaneer81]

They kill me. Now they have a BBQ beef slider. I’m afraid to try it.

[Quix]

INDEED.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks. If you have the link, it may be of interest to all.

[grey_whiskers]

He points to phenomena such as black holes, curved space, the slowing of time at high speeds, even a round Earth, which were all once rejected as scientific heresy before being proven through experimentation, even though some remain beyond the grasp of observation. It is likely, Tegmark concludes that multiverse models grounded in modern physics will eventually be empirically testable, predictive and disprovable.

I smell bullshit.

You can prove it through experimentation, but you cannot observe it? WTF do you think experimentation is?

LOL.

[grey_whiskers]

Source for the quote, please?

Cheers!

[autumnraine]

This is the BBC series on Parrallel Universes featuring Dr. Michio Kaku. Very very interesting and he explains in a way that even little ole me can understand it. This is why I adore him! It’s in 5 parts and I can’t believe I’m praising the BBC, but sometimes they can put out some vids that compete with Discovery in interesting topic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7SDrj4Tjvk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHzU3fgID3o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVfw1XOIFGk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-mLF23JzKA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRRBz9b6mvA&feature=related

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

The Multiverse theory is gaining popularity in part as a reaction against one of the foundational principles of Intelligent Design theory.

Namely: if this universe is all that truly exists, then its "fine tuning" is truly remarkable and must be explained away.

If the Multiverse theory is true, then the universe we occupy is just one of countless realities, and the fine tuning is nothing remarkable -- it just happens to be the characteristics our universe ended up with.

Science's Alternative to an Intelligent Creator: the Multiverse Theory

Laws of Nature, Source Unknown

[LibWhacker]

That’s a beautiful quote. Who says science is anti-God?

[allmost]

A better understanding of the exact differences between space, matter, and energy (if there are that many) could make this possible to explore in the future. The main ingredient needed to explore these ideas is a currently unimaginable amount of energy. Vacuum fluctuations prove that we are surrounded by it, yet don't understand it.

[SunkenCiv]

heh... exactly so... I looked up the quote, because I remembered the “no matter as such” part, and when I saw the rest, I thought it would be (at least) pretty fun to post it.

[NYFreeper]

I gotta say that is the coolest looking Spock there is....