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Mission for Truth
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Message 1 of 67 (123967)
07-12-2004 1:52 PM


I just have one question. Why do scientists think parallel universes exist? What is the evidence or theory that makes this a plausible idea?

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Message 63 of 67 (155250)
11-02-2004 3:31 PM


If Dr.X could go to another universe, contained in our own multiverse, I wonder if that would set off a weird universal imbalance. That is assuming of course no other being has already done this and not already started the imbalance.

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Message 65 of 67 (156935)
11-07-2004 10:35 AM


Yeah, sorry about that I wasn't really following along with whatever the thread was talking about. I was just suggesting that if it was even possible that "Dr. X" could visit another version of himself in the closest parallel universe to ours it could maybe throw everything out of balance. Ever see "The One" with jet lei?

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Message 67 of 67 (157956)
11-10-2004 11:08 AM


Yeah, I understand what you're saying. I don't think parallel universes work that way anyway. From what I understand, for example, if you had a die and you rolled it you will end up with a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Whatever it lands on, let's say 3... or in my case 1. All of the other options that didn't happen split into different universes the second the result happened. We don't notice this splitting happening because we are in our own universe and we can't actively perceive this happening. This also happens anytime we are faced with a decision and choose accordingly.
To explain more clearly I'll quote from Scientific American, May 2003. "Imagine an ideal die whose randomness is purely quantum. When you roll it the die appears to land on a certain value at random. Quantum mechanics, however, predicts that it lands on all values at once. One way to reconcile these contradictory views is to conclude that the die lands on different values in different universes. In one sixth of the universes, it lands on 1; in one sixth, on 2, and so on. Trapped within one universe we can perceive only a fraction of the full quantum reality."
So, I don't think people can visit themselves in another universe because I just dont think it works that way. But, I like that point of yours about people getting old. Although, maybe when they get too old and die they have no "power" left anyway?

  
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