In Another Dimension, You Rule

Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as “one of the most important developments in the history of science”.

The parallel universe theory, first proposed in 1950 by the US physicist Hugh Everett, helps explain mysteries of quantum mechanics that have baffled scientists for decades, it is claimed.

In Everett’s “many worlds” universe, every time a new physical possibility is explored, the universe splits. Given a number of possible alternative outcomes, each one is played out - in its own universe.

A motorist who has a near miss, for instance, might feel relieved at his lucky escape. But in a parallel universe, another version of the same driver will have been killed. Yet another universe will see the motorist recover after treatment in hospital. The number of alternative scenarios is endless.

It is a bizarre idea which has been dismissed as fanciful by many experts. But the new research from Oxford shows that it offers a mathematical answer to quantum conundrums that cannot be dismissed lightly - and suggests that Dr Everett, who was a Phd student at Princeton University when he came up with the theory, was on the right track.

Commenting in New Scientist magazine, Dr Andy Albrecht, a physicist at the University of California at Davis, said: “This work will go down as one of the most important developments in the history of science.”

Of course, all of this is based on math theory. But I always loved the idea of a multi-verse. 

That’s why I like movies such as “The One.”

Posted by Macker  on  09/24  at  05:16 PM

I seem to be having a great deal of difficulty finding the universe where I win the lottery and get smooched by Morena Baccarin…

Posted by  on  09/25  at  04:53 AM

One of the “many worlds hypothesis” theorists ran some numbers to find out how much energy it would take to “hop” between threads (assuming it’s possible, many physicists believe it is not) and there were many, many zeroes in the answer.
Still, it’s fun to think about.
The size of the multiverse is almost inconceivable, though.  Consider that any time a single quantum wave function collapses anywhere in the universe, the entire universe splits, and this fracture can occur as rapidly as one split per Planck time (one second is about 1.855×10^43 Planck times).  That’s a lot of multiverses.

Posted by  on  09/25  at  02:51 PM

One theory is gravity is a weak force because it comes from a parallel universe.

The problem with dimension hopping is you could end up in a universe where the laws of physics make like impossible

Posted by  on  09/25  at  06:14 PM
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