[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Parallel Universes? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/7/2008 12:11:03 PM EDT
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There seem to be a lot of smart guys on here. I am sure someone will bring up the Philadelphia experiment pretty soon. Lately I have been reading up on Einstein's theories, dude was smart. |
That's what I am going with. I am also reading up on some quantum stuff along the lines of "you only exist if you are observed" and stuff like that. Anyway I'm off for a while, hopefully this thread takes off. |
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A lot of really smart folks pondering things like this at the link below (Einsteins old stomping ground): Institute for Advanced Study |
this stuff is very interesting. i thought einstien or somebody had a theory that said there may be 12 or 13 paralleled universes. i always had my own thought that maybe black holes are exits of this universe, and white holes are entrances. but then again, i am no rocket scientist, i can barely spell correctly and use proper grammer.  
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I can't say I know. I've read quite a few theories on this and don't know where I land. I think that rather than parallel universes, there are an infinity of universes containing every single outcome of every decision ever made. I've read about bubble universes and parallel universes, but the one I described above seems most plausible to me. |
String theory requires something like 20 dimensions, maybe that is what you are thinking of. |
That's mind boggling. 
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Why the " " smiley...?It's the utterly uneducated, unmathematic conclusion I have stumbled to. *shrug*
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One parallel universe theory is summed up as this: if you assume the universe is infinite that means there are an infinite number of populated worlds as well. Elementary probability allows us to derive an estimate for the distance between our world and a almost identical world where you have an almost identical twin self. That distance is approximately 10 to the 10 to the 28 meters; an astronomically large distance that you could never traverse at even the speed of light within a time span of a few million years. Taking all this into account, yes, there are parallel universes out there where any choice you've made or will make has or will happen. But forget about ever actually seeing one of these universes until remarkable leaps in technology allow wormholes or the like. |
Thinking about the results of every possible decision ever made, actually playing out, in a parallel dimension or universe makes my head hurt, eyes cross, and my face looks like that---> It's data overload. |
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When you think about how many atoms there are and stars and planets and moons and solar systems and galaxies, hundreds of billions of galaxies, even that is mind boggling, I don't care what belief you subscribe to. I don't really know a thing about parallel universes, I don't know what would lead one to believe there are infinite universes with infinite outcomes though, but eh, maybe there are things even bigger than that, and that... and so on. edit: I did mean to "quote" something. |
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Yes, I'm certain they exist, and by their very nature, they are not directly observable by us directly. And NO, they're absolutly nothing like the retarded versions/ideas that idiot writers use as plot devices in terrible, horrible, all conceived pieces of literature. They're far more mundane than that, except different in ways we wouldn't comprehend fully. READ FLATLAND. It's by Edwin Abbot. |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-theory My head hurts. |
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Physics (and Cosmology is essentially part of physics) is based on mathematics, and one of the lemmas of physics is that if the math does not prevent something from happeining, then it will happen (sooner or later). It just so happens that the math underlying the presence of this universe (ours) still works if there are other universes occupying some underlying "place and time" with our own. Thus, there is nothing that prevents other universes from co-existing with ours--nor any evidence that they do (so far). Thus, the open minded physicist would take the position that there are, while the closed minded physicist would take the position that there are not. |
Why not? Has as much going for it as the "Big Bang" theory... Everybody just "knows" that's true so, hey... I'm sure some omnipotent scientist type will come along soon with all his empirical knowledge and "facts" and with certainty try to convince you of it... Just sayin' 
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you drinking already? 
However if you're a Christian you're obviously an ignorant redneck 
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Where does this ridiculous idea come from? The total energy and energy density in the LHC is only a modest increase over existing colliders. |