Hmmmmmm........... I liked PhD Dre's answer. But I would like to ask PhD Dre that from where have you read that there are 13 parallel universes? Are you sure? If you have any proof then mail me.
Now I would like to answer the question. According to Quantum Mechanics and superstring theory, a parallel universe is something resembling a universe like ours or it could be completely different. No one knows?....... There are many theories about what parallel universes are. All are derived from the complex mathematics of Superstring Theory. I will discuss all these.
The most approved theory says that if anything has probability, all the things that could happen (that could be infinite) at a given time, all the things would happen in every other parallel universe. Suppose that you push against a wall to get to the other side of the wall. It will seem impossible in our world. But don't forget that there is a probability. You can get to the other side but you will have to push the wall till eternity. While pushing, you will get to the other side of the wall every moment but in another universe, not in this universe. It is just like a lottery. There are infinite parallel universes. So, you don't know when your turn comes. It could happen that you just push a wall for a second and you are on the other side of the wall.
Another theory says that, we are travelling through infinite parallel universes every moment with the help of a medium called time. Every moment we are in another universe. This theory solves the Grandfather paradox which states that suppose if you build a time machine and you go in the past when your grandfathe was a a little boy and you kill him. The paradox is that if you have killed your grandfather than how are you alive. Recall that the theory which I am discussing says that we are travelling through parallel universes. So it states that when you travel in past, then you are in another universe. So, you killed your grandfather in that universe but not in this universe.
The last theory says that there is not only one universe. There are many parallel universes. Which physical rules govern them? Who live in these universes? Sadly, no one knows. All these universes are static and they don't interact with each other.
Surprisingly enough, there is one model for the explanation of how our universe was created answers your question with a thing in it called a membrane or a D-Brane.
In this model, the parallel worlds are meant to be membranes. It is called the brane-world model. It is derived from the calculations of superstring theory and M-Theory. It says that our universe is consisted of 11 dimensions(10 Space dimensions and 1 time dimension). It says that there are many membranes(in short Branes or Dp-Branes or D-Branes), which have dimensions. We live on a 4-dimensional membrane or 4-Brane for short & all the matter and energy we see, even ourselves are tied on this particular brane. We can't see anything out of this brane. We can't go outside it. We are entirely restricted to this brane inside a higher dimensional space, called bulk. Only thing which can leave our brane is a graviton(force-mediator particle of gravity). So, in the near future we would have constructed gravity phones which will use gravitons to communicate with the aliens living on another brane.
2007-01-23 13:53:07
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't know how deeply you thought this question through but judging by your question:
"I there a parallel world??"
which I don't think is even a question, you probably didn't think very long and hard. There is a theory that suggests that this could be true but ONLY mathematically. The theory is called the String Theory and it says not only is there a parallel world, but 13 other parallel universes. To make full sense of this would require an intense knowledge of the mathematics involved which I believe only 4 people in the world have. Just know that in the search to unify all forces, a mathematical abomination was dreamed up to account for the strange behavior of the weakest force, gravity. This mathematical beast basically predicted the 13 parallel universes and now many scientists are trying to prove this by finding some solid evidence, something they call a gravitron.
2007-01-22 23:59:34
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answered by Anonymous
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The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics or MWI, also known as the relative state formulation, theory of the universal wavefunction, many-universes interpretation, Oxford interpretation or just many worlds, is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that claims to resolve all the "paradoxes" of quantum theory by allowing every possible outcome to every event to define or exist in its own "history" or "world", via the mechanism of quantum decoherence, instead of wavefunction collapse. Many worlds reconciles how we can perceive non-deterministic events (such as the random decay of a radioactive atom) with the deterministic equations of quantum physics; history, which prior to many worlds had been viewed as a single "world-line", is rather a many-branched tree where every possible branch of history is realised.
2007-01-30 19:13:09
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answered by anecentric 2
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If there was it would have to be connected to you then it would not be parallel.
If it were not connected to you then it would have no relevance and it would not exist to you.
2007-01-23 05:32:12
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answered by Billy Butthead 7
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.ereh drawkckab snur emit, wal noitavresnoc eht ot eud ot dna, saY
2007-01-28 20:13:05
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answered by PartyTime 5
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None that we can perceive or measure so no one can answer your question with any certainty
2007-01-22 23:53:04
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answered by Gene 7
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Just look alongside of you. Can you not see your twin.
2007-01-22 23:54:23
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answered by DAVE 6
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That would explain where all my socks go when I do the laundry.
2007-01-22 23:54:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Nope. You're stuck with this one.
2007-01-30 02:19:26
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answered by Anonymous
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There must be, and THERE IS
Where is the space you are occupying?
2007-01-22 23:53:49
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answered by Anonymous
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