Question about parallel universes?

Question

When talking about parallel universes do they mean there are an infinite number of universes and everyone on earth is in the other universes with different outcomes to their choices or do they mean this? This guy answered my question and he said he had a choice of whether or not to become an enigineer or a businessman. He said in this universe I am an engineer but if I had chosen to be a businessman then I would be in another universe. So does he just mean there is 1 universe but there are different outcomes to your decisions or does he mean there are billions of other universes with the same people as here on earth but with all the different outcomes?

Answer 1

<>Unless you are studying Theoretical Physics or something, don't try to think too hard about parallel universes....it can drive you nuts. The theory is that, for every instant in time, there is an infinite number of time-lines in alternate/parallel universes. For instance, 10 seconds ago, I typed the letter "t" on a computer keyboard in a town in a certain state. At the same instant, in another universe, I murdered someone on the planet Glypzxh. In another universe, I was making love to Cleopatra. In another universe I was dressed in animal skins and eating a saber-toothed tiger. And so on, and so on, and so on...ad infinitum. In each separate universe we each exist, but are doing other things, leading other lives. Like I said, it could drive you insane thinking about it.

Answer 2

The theory rises from the inherent randomness of quantum physics. There is no reason, for example, why an electron is found at any point at a specific time while "orbiting" an proton. No rules govern it except randomness. Also, there is no reason why a photon of light will strike a certain point and not somewhere else. Quantum physics is filled with randomness like this. So, for every point where the photon "might have" struck, theoretically there is a universe created where it actually did. This implies that there is almost an infinite number of universes being created every instant.

Schrodinger's cat is a thought experiment that might exemplify this. The (random) decay of a single particle determines whether a cat lives or dies. In one universe, the cat lives, in another it dies.

Answer 3

There are several ways of coming up with multiple universes. Scientific American magazine had an excellent article on this a few years ago. In one concept there are an infinite number of universes but because there are only a finite number of fundamental particles, universes must repeat somewhere. It is like the old parable of the 1000 monkeys typing at random on typewriters--given an infinite time, they will produce everything that has been written along with every possible typo, plus everything that will be written in the future! Strange things happen when you deal with infinity.

So the universes repeat exactly somewhere, but they also repeat with every possible variation. But in this concept, there is no connection so that a decision made in this one has no bearing on the others. But somewhere in one of those universes, you are making the same decision, but in others you are making every other possible decision.

Answer 4

One way to look at this is a infinite book on its side. Each page is a universe. You are on any given page doing what you do now. The further you get from that page the less likely you are to be the same. Until you get far enough from your point of reference page and you may not exist.

This is a cause and effect example. If you did this or that what would be different, followed by the trickle down effect in each universe.

Answer 5

This guy named Huge Everett once published paper in quantum mechanic on something called 'many world interpretation'.

He basically proposed that if there are 5 different potential outcomes, they will all happen at same time, but at different worlds, or in parallel universes. Although he didn't use the term 'parallel universe' he meant the basically same thing.

And he called it the 'Many World Interpretation' I think.

That's lot of parallel universes if you think about it. Imagine a universe where everything is identical to our universe except 1 atom being in different place. How many atoms, subatomic stuff do we have in our universe?

Answer 6

some theorists believe that there is an infinint number of parallel universes. and every time a choice is made a new branch or divide occurs resulting in a new universe.

take this for example...a newborn...could be male or female, from the same parents (2 universes) in eace one, they have a choice between 2 names (4universes) choice of 2 different schools to send them to (8 universes) the kid has the choice to drop out or carry on... (16 universes)... and so on.

so there could be thousands, hundreds of thousands, infinint, or quite possibly, just one. another theory is that there is two, this one and a completly opposite universe. if ur a god guy here, ur a bad guy there and vica versa. ur poor here ur rich there...

but these are just theories. and if there is more than one of me...lets hope we dont meet, ha ha...

Answer 7

If these theories should happen to be proved true, that certainly would have significant implications for all. All possible conditions existing in multi-universes seems to suggest that when a person's dies in this universe, they are reborn again in another universe---life goes on. Perhaps if a god created this universe in 6 days, maybe in one of its multi-universes it required 14.5 billion years of evolution to obtain the same condition. In an infinite array of related universes, all would be possible.

eelfins is right on, I think.

Answer 8

its all theoretical so open for different translations but i think he means infinite numbers of universes for every change in matter

Answer 9

A both other people in another universes no one knows any thing yet.But to make any decision we are under some circumstance's such as what we want ? what is better?what
what other things is better for us?These are some out coming
and incoming in mine and final decision is made in time design for action.Any further result comes out is base on decision that we made.we have option to choose what to become if we act Wise and sensitively.Other wise what ever that wind blowup and irresponsible action are out coming from savage universes and aliens?These are some personal believes to take an action and describe that action to what comes's out .Parallel of universes are circuit around of one gravity center ,which maybe they crash to gather in time.In each line of education you will find world of informations that maybe these informations has one source or all to be come one. It's mean from out to in or from in to out.All you want answer is in your self,and we are under bombardment of a lot of out coming and mine is work as one receiver .To take control of mine we have choice to take which out coming wave is good for decision that we want to make. And we are responsible under all circumstances to follow them or to make change to them.Like one tree that is feeding from earth
by rout but need other elements like light and oxcision.We have choose in frame of accepted man kind agreement which is result of million years experinces, thougt and act.
what we see and what it is ?It's man kind world.All is about
who made it?and who we are?we are living on earth and we are part of it .

Answer 10

He probably means there are different universes (a multiverse).