Multiverse Question

[TheRundownRabbit]

So this has been making me scratch my head. Y'know how there is supposedly an infinite number of parallel universes with their own realities? Shouldn't that mean that there is a universe in which that version of me somehow travels to this universe at this exact moment in time and appears right next to me? My brain really hurts!

 

[Smerf]

the way i see it there are three reasons for that. 1 travel between universes is impossible. 2 there is only a few universes (say 1000) and none have them have found out how yet. And 3 the whole multiverse thing is wrong.

I think its the 3rd

 

[Blobpie]

The idea is that when you make a choice, another "You" makes a different choice.

Like if you eat out: in this universe you choose a burger, but in another you choose a salad.

So yes, in THEORY another you as traveled to another universe and met another you.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

So this has been making me scratch my head. Y'know how there is supposedly an infinite number of parallel universes with their own realities? Shouldn't that mean that there is a universe in which that version of me somehow travels to this universe at this exact moment in time and appears right next to me? My brain really hurts!

Yeah I often wondered that too. If there are an infinite number of universes with every possible outcome, then your scenario should be happening constantly. That seems to be one of the loopholes in the theory...

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

the way i see it there are three reasons for that. 1 travel between universes is impossible. 2 there is only a few universes (say 1000) and none have them have found out how yet. And 3 the whole multiverse thing is wrong.

I think its the 3rd

I think your right, the whole multiverse thing could just be bullcrap

 

[Shadow flame master]

And my brain hurts as well. I would belive so in my limited knowledge of universe-hopping and time and space traveling(thank you Doctor). Although this is coming from a 17 year old while your question clearly needs a universal phyisist/quantum machanic or someone who give lectures to students who are probally sleeping thruogh his/her class as I type.

Also, the possibility of a AU you to come to our universe should be like the chances a small meteorite hitting you. It COULD hit you and it could burn up in the atmosphere/hit a plane or simply hit the bloke standing beside you.

 

[chadachada123]

Just because there are an infinite number of universes doesn't mean that these universes can overlap. All of these universes still obey the same laws of physics as we do, or, if the laws of physics vary, still cannot interact with any other universes.

Although, there was an episode of Stargate SG-1 with a mirror that allowed for travel to alternate universes. Pretty good episode too.

 

[Owen Robertson]

The idea is that when you make a choice, another "You" makes a different choice.

Like if you eat out: in this universe you choose a burger, but in another you choose a salad.

So yes, in THEORY another you as traveled to another universe and met another you.

But never THIS you because we are the Alpha-verse. We have to be. We came up with the theory and haven't been able to prove it. There's already another universe where I didn't reply to this thread. But that one branched off of this one, because this is clearly the Prime universe.
Right?

 

[GoAwayVifs]

Under this theory there are infinite universes which diverge at every decision point. Assuming the travel between the universes is possible (which it probably isn't), there are an infinity of universes in which an AU you meets you. The problem is there are also an infinite amount of universes in which you don't meet any of your AU yous. There are also an infinity of universes where you don't even exist. The trick is that the number of universes is a much larger infinity than the infinity of universes that has you meeting you, so the possibility is essentially zero.

 

[king_katchit]

Using my knowledge of science (and Jet Li movies), the most probable course would be alternate you trying to kill this you to become some kind of superpowered 'One'.

Or something...

 

[Xircspheroth]

If the multiverse theory is true then, yes, it has happened, in fact it would have happened to you and everyone else at any and every moment of any and all of everyone's possible existences. Each time this may occur in a universe which may be exactly the same as our universe, up until that moment of course, but it would still be a different universe to our own. It just so happens that "this you" lives in quite a boring universe where this hasn't happened yet.

 

[kinggamecat]

Huh.... That's actually a really goof question! Wow hey what lead ya to that thought? just curious?

 

[Shoggoth2588]

So this has been making me scratch my head. Y'know how there is supposedly an infinite number of parallel universes with their own realities? Shouldn't that mean that there is a universe in which that version of me somehow travels to this universe at this exact moment in time and appears right next to me? My brain really hurts!

Yeah I often wondered that too. If there are an infinite number of universes with every possible outcome, then your scenario should be happening constantly. That seems to be one of the loopholes in the theory...

The thing is, it could be happening right now but with an infinite number of universes there are an infinite number of other universes for said event to be happening within. Sure, an alternate you could have just stepped through the portal and could have just met a you very similar to the current you but it could be a you who lives on the other side of the planet or a you who is only 0.000001% different to the you who just posted this. Infinite possibilities equate to infinite outcomes. The odds of one of them involving the you who is conscious of being you in this universe are extremely long. Of course it could happen but you'd have a much better chance of hitting several lotteries at the same time. All things are possible but it's the probability that'll bite you in the ass.

 

[T.D.]

The Multiverse theory has nothing to do with personal choices, that's just in fiction. The multiverse theory is to explain "random" events.

Simple Explanation.

Radioactivity is considered to be random, so the amount activity (measured in Becquerels) can be any number. So say in this universe you get 40 Becqeurels when monitoring a radioactive material. Now what if I then went back in time and did the test again (without affecting the result)? If radioactivity is random then it could be 39 Becquerels this time. But the 40 Becquerels happened as well. So to explain this random events are each given a Universe where each random event plays out differently.

Now there are few things in the Universe which are considered "random" so the differences between these multiverse can have large affects (due to the butterfly effect), or they can be small. The further back in time you go the larger the consequences now. BUT, things like radiation as an influence on things is actually quite small due to the background radiation of the universe (or "white noise") as the radiation then gets lost there.


Of course this only works if there are random events in the universe. I'm more of the belief that nothing is random, we just can't predict some things as just predicting changes the outcome.

 

[y04coopa]

So this has been making me scratch my head. Y'know how there is supposedly an infinite number of parallel universes with their own realities? Shouldn't that mean that there is a universe in which that version of me somehow travels to this universe at this exact moment in time and appears right next to me? My brain really hurts!

You've proved your own point. If there are an infinite number of parallel universes then there must be a universe were one of your parallel self's have not been to yet. Besides if we haven't developed to the point were we can cross universes, why would any other universe be any further ahead of us technically speaking.

And as another side note crossing into a different universe (if they exist), must be very difficult i am not even going to try and comprehend how to, but like the speed of light (providing that research recently is incorrect, we will found out sooner or later) theoretically speaking it can't be broken, who's to say that the same doesn't apply to the universe theory.

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

So this has been making me scratch my head. Y'know how there is supposedly an infinite number of parallel universes with their own realities? Shouldn't that mean that there is a universe in which that version of me somehow travels to this universe at this exact moment in time and appears right next to me? My brain really hurts!

Each parallel universe is supposed to be the same with only a slight change between them, so it could be that those universes don't have that kind of technology either. Or, it could be that they went to every other parallel universe except this one.

 

[Agayek]

The whole multiverse thing is almost certainly bullshit. The whole concept is incredibly silly, with no basis in fact, theory or even logic.

Each parallel universe is supposed to be the same with only a slight change between them, so it could be that those universes don't have that kind of technology either. Or, it could be that they went to every other parallel universe except this one.

If you make a slight change between universe 1 and 2, then another between 2 and 3, and so on and so forth, eventually you will reach a universe that shares absolutely 0 commonalities with universe 1. If there are an infinite number of parallel universes, at least one has come up with the way to travel between them. And since there are infinitely many parallel universes, there are infinitely many who have such technology. Thus, we can conclude that there have been infinite visits to every universe. As such, they have visited our universe.

The multiverse theory is complete bullshit, Hollywood science at it's absolute worst, made worse by the fact that so many people actually believe it's true. It would be acceptable if it was a religious theory, at least that way it could take refuge in theology, but it's presented as scientific when it's anything but.

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

The multiverse theory is complete bullshit, Hollywood science at it's absolute worst, made worse by the fact that so many people actually believe it's true. It would be acceptable if it was a religious theory, at least that way it could take refuge in theology, but it's presented as scientific when it's anything but.

I don't really agree with people claiming one thing as absolute when they don't really know. How do you know it's bullshit? What are the scientific facts that disprove it? Or even prove it, for that matter? There aren't any, so you can't say for sure one way or the other. So it's left to individual belief as to what to do in this case.

 

[twistedmic]

So this has been making me scratch my head. Y'know how there is supposedly an infinite number of parallel universes with their own realities? Shouldn't that mean that there is a universe in which that version of me somehow travels to this universe at this exact moment in time and appears right next to me? My brain really hurts!

Maybe the dimension-hopping parallel you appeared before another parallel you. Maybe you are actually the parallel you, and the dimension-hopping you has already appeared to the real-you.