It was featured on Yahoo! Homepage earlier but they quickly pulled it off. Here it is if you missed it.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/parallel-universe.htm
2007-10-22 12:01:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is a controversial physics theory that was recently found to be mathematically viable. All that means is that it it is mathematically and hypothetically true for a given value of true. There is no experimental data to back it up, so although it is mathematically true, it might not describe reality.
In short, maybe.
2007-10-22 12:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by Bobo_the_Ebola_Monkey 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No There is only 1 universe The one we all live in. It's dimensional so it seems like There might be 2 or 4 or 6 or 8 or 10 in Those numbers but what actually happens. Its The 4th dimensional, that we call the universe that comes back and forth across time to confuse us with what might be more than 1 universe. It's paradoxical! From a toroidal explosion. I'm trying to explain this as simple as i can good luck.
2007-10-22 13:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by rookie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dear Curious Person:
In light of the present situation we have in trying to learn all about our present Universe, its contents, its size, and the mysteries of the things we find inside of it, there really is not much time left to wander around outside of our Universe and check on the lay of the land out there, make head counts, and so forth. However, given a reasonable conclusion to the War in Iraq, the fact that the World as we know it will end shortly after November of 2008 if Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama win the Presidency of the USA, and the dwindling number of Polar Bears in the Artic, I feel certain that the concept of parallel Universes is simply a Germanium growing within the skulls of a few with little else to do in life other than to massage incontrovertables and parlay the unfathomables unto the simple and unsuspecting minds of our young people. In time it is forgetable that those imponderables are methasicized into tiny little glowing worms less than 0.75 cm in length. Fertilized by unused, idle brain matter, those small infantile glow worms can reach lengths of up to 10 or 11 cm at maturity. That is why some folks have eyes that glow in the dark and can often see right through you as if you really were not there.
2007-10-22 13:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. They don't.
They are being predicted by theories which also predict that they can't be observed. That is usually called a mathematical artifact and ignored by most theorists. The media likes to report on this stuff, though, because it is so much easier to captivate the imagination of the masses with nonsense than it is with real science.
Your question just proves the point.
2007-10-22 12:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a theory, a philosophy not a scientific idea. it is very hard to prove because we cant see all of our own universe never mind another universe. having said that it is not impossible since there are more than one to way discover something, e.g. we don't have to see it. the answer could be in something else. science is a like a puzzle, it all fits in together, if an idea is not right it wont fit in with the picture.
2007-10-22 12:27:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It a hypothesis. The universe is stranger than we had imagined just a short time ago. "Vacuum" is actually full of particles passing into and out of existence. What is that all about, and what are the implications? We are lucky because technology will answer these question, probably in our life times.
2007-10-22 12:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they do.
There *must* be one where people ask sensible questions on the internet.
2007-10-22 12:28:50 · answer #7 · answered by laurahal42 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋