[Terpfen]

"Otherwise, we live in an infinite number of parallel, possible and impossible universes, and every decision made or not made results in a tangential fracture of the universe. Did you go to work today? If so, there's a parallel universe in which you didn't. Have soup for dinner? There's a parallel universe in which you had a chicken sandwich. And one in which you had a steak. There's also an infinite number in which you died today, and an infinite number in which you never existed. And so on."

You've just stumbled upon the modern description of reality as defined by quantum physics.

[Objective Reality]

You've just stumbled upon the modern description of reality as defined by quantum physics.

Yes - in itself, as much a "leap of faith" as ever demanded by any religion in the history of humankind.

[NutCrackerBoy]

You've just stumbled upon the modern description of reality as defined by quantum physics.

I believe the "every decision made or not made" theory is just one among many espoused by physicists.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"Otherwise, we live in an infinite number of parallel, possible and impossible universes, and every decision made or not made results in a tangential fracture of the universe. Did you go to work today? If so, there's a parallel universe in which you didn't. Have soup for dinner? There's a parallel universe in which you had a chicken sandwich. And one in which you had a steak. There's also an infinite number in which you died today, and an infinite number in which you never existed. And so on."

You've just stumbled upon the modern description of reality as defined by quantum physics.

You guys ever read The Mind and the Brain?

Book's a fascinating discussion of the efficacy of will--and an assault, based on quantum physics, on the idea that free will does not exist.