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Thanks gravitons, now we may have a multiverse to deal with
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We could never get to another universe, because every time one forms the rest of the multi-verse speeds away from it faster than the speed of light, and then faster still, forever. Eventually the galaxies in this universe will speed away from each other and disappear forever.
At least there might be universes and nothing forever, and all the way down.
At least there might be universes and nothing forever, and all the way down.
The One Who Knocks
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The big problem when talking about an infinite number of universes is that you can only really work with everything as a set, because everything contains an infinite number of variations, which themselves contain an infinite number of variations and so on. A single universe is too insignificant on the scale to be properly considered. What you are describing wouldn't be 'our' universe, per se.
-First, it would be the infinite set of universes where the laws of physics are as we know them.
-It would then be the infinite set of universes within that where the earth forms exactly as it has, and life developed exactly as it has.
-Then it would be the infinite set of universes within that where everybody who has ever lived, and will ever live, are as they are in our universe; and everything that ever has happened is precisely the same. <- This can be seen in a 'branching' timeline, where everything up until a certain point is the same on each line, yet after that point there is a change.
----Here we move into a set of universes that we aren't in (which is why it could theoretically have happened, or happen, while we haven't experienced it, yet which follow all of the previous constraints (and certainly, many more) up until this point: Time wouldn't necessarily have to be at the same 'point' relative to every universe though, that could be variable----
-Then it would be the infinite set of univeres where someone has travelled through multiverse space.
Then it would be the infinite set of univeres where the someone who has travelled through multiverse space is from a universe given a certain criteria.
-Then it would be the infinite set of universes where the someone who has travelled through multiverse space has publically urinated on Obama.
-Then it would be the infinite set of universes where the someone who has travelled through multiverses space has publically urinated on Obama in a specific instance.
It really depends on what sort of limitations are imposed on the idea of a multiverse though as this is ignoring that not necessarily everything may be able to happen. This is how I view it anyway.
EDIT: To clarify, this isn't necessarily the type of multiverse in the opening post, it's merely a response to your question about why we may not ever observe an individual from another universe, if an infinite number of universe exists. An infinite number of universes would have a traveller, but at the same time, an infinite number of universes would not.
Something that may help is that not every infinite is the same size, some are bigger than others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinality_of_the_continuum
That's not how it works. There can be an infinite number of universes, and yet no other universe where you even exist.
As John Green said, “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
Exactly correct.
Marvel extended universe is hard to keep track of.
But seriously - it's also possible that all of the multiverse instances rely on "normal" laws of physics and even with infinite universes, physically impossible things never happen.
Killjoy.
I bet you're real fun at parties. At least, in another universe.
Hey, nobody said they can't both exist simultaneously! There would just be alternate versions of the multiverse described here lol
Darkmakaimura
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I was pretty excited about this when I just heard it on the radio a few minutes ago. So awesome if it becomes scientific fact. I guess for now we'll just have to get our crowbars ready.
DeadlyParasite
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Set phasers to science, number one.
Makes me mad that we're not more focused on space travel in my lifetime. I want to see nations working together to build a space elevator, fusion power, and colonies on other planets.
Makes me mad that we're not more focused on space travel in my lifetime. I want to see nations working together to build a space elevator, fusion power, and colonies on other planets.
Darkmakaimura
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What Michael Crichton story is that?
Timeline. One of his best books, much more intriguing than Jurassic Park IMO.
Unfortunately, they cashed it into an absolutely horrible movie.
speculawyer
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Multiverse makes a lot of sense.
It really explains a lot of things.
It really explains a lot of things.
NathanMcMahon
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FrostuTheNinja
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It's terrifying to think there could be a universe where Xbox is dominating the ps4.
And the son of god is the Biebs.
It's like a single branch and from that branch grow infinite branches and from each of those another infinity ad infinitum
Oh GOOD. Now can I be on the verse where my life does not suck? :/
No. No. Nooooooooo.......
It's terrifying to think there could be a universe where Xbox is dominating the ps4.
No. No. Nooooooooo.......
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
FrostuTheNinja
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Maybe one day, they'll invent the interverse and you can upload your self to the Japanimeverse or Kittyverse. Everything will be as it should.
I don't like this multiverse stuff. The universe is so unfathomably big it makes me depressed just thinking about it and how insignificantly small we are in comparison. And now according to scientists the universe ain't shit. Well fuck you!
I guess reading that will be the closest I'll ever be to getting an answer.
little droplets of consciousness in the middle of a vacuum in the middle of a void in the middle of oblivion
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
There take on it is you either destroy the point of contact (which happens to be either their universe's earth or the alternate universe's earth) or both universes destroy each other.
From what I gather here the reason they don't collide is they move away from each other quicker than the expansion of each multiverse.
That makes sense, thanks.
godofcookery
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yes!
DXLelouch153
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quick somebody find the universe where anime is real
wed make millions charging anime fans entrance(we get in for free)
wed make millions charging anime fans entrance(we get in for free)
if it was possible an infinite amount of multiverses would have discovered how to do it and we'd have met the infinite careless versions of them.
crimsonspider89
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So when are we going to discover an universe where spider people rule?
Or superheroes are the majority people and most importantly:
are we going to find a literal hell universe?
Or superheroes are the majority people and most importantly:
are we going to find a literal hell universe?
nhlducks35
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Imagine replacing every star in our universe with an actual universe, and keep doing that forever and ever...
You've been watching Event Horizon, haven't you?
TheRedSnifit
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Infinite possibilities, and yet I'm stuck in this universe with you jerks.
Sorry, I had a hand in that. A bad hand. So the universe was populated with jerks after I lost the game.
But being part of a system or not, if there's an infinite amount of universes in this system, the posibility that one of them is exactly the same has our own or slightly diferent, shares the same amount of posibility that every universe is different.
Oh so it would be like the opposite of ours.
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