So, let me ask. Does a parallel thread within a thread suggest a parallel Universe? If you posit T0 (the original), then if T1 (the branch) is non-euclideanly permanently parallel to the origination (that is to say there is no further referent to the source) have we in fact stumbled onto a new Universe?
I need more beer to work this potential conundrum through.
And an APL keyboard.
Non-religious:
Does Universe imply self-existence?
If so, what is the "space" in which vacuum fluctuations occur that leads to parallel universes?
What is the relation of time within one multiverse to another; and the relation of time in both to the "pre-universe"?
Religious: "Eternally begotten of the Father" and all that.
I've already had my wine for the night, or I'd join you in the beer.
Labatt's Blue this time.
:-)
See, even the Trinity exhibits features common to multiverses.