Multiverse, eh? To think we are but one Universe in an infinite number of the Omniverse would be to ponder the idea that, with so many existences being possible/probable, every possible decision/effect/outcome from everyone and everything, has already happened, will happen, and IS happening, all at once.
An Omniverse like that sounds conscious to me. Omnipotent even. An all-knowing, all-seeing One.
I think like snow no two universes is the same.
Just consider when you say our universe is all there is you are putting God in a box. God has lots of universes and if God existed before our universe then time existed before our universe. And a new universe will arise after ours dies out. Another big bang in 100 billion years.
Time and space are eternal, not God. Or with God. Whichever you prefer. If you want to add a God to infinite time and space go for it
Not Universe; Omniverse. I am also not separating God from Existence, as I believe both are one in the same, just described differently.
You are absolutely correct that no two universes would be the same in this scenario. For example, in X-verse, you decided not to eat breakfast this morning, but in Y-verse, you had breakfast. Every single other aspect of everything you've ever known, loved, or merely observed was the same, with that one little exception.
This is what an infinite number of universes brings us in terms of possibilities, which is every possibility.
So therefore, the Omniverse is comprised of every possible beginning, every possible variable, and every possible end from every possible Universe, all at the same "time"; and that, my friend, translates into an "all-knowing" Existence.
Why do I exist in two universes? To me this is ridiculous. In this universe my parents met. My grandparents met.
Think of all the sperm in my dad's balls. He had two kids. Had he not fucked that night in 1969 I would not have been born.
No reason you would exist in any other universe
No reason you would NOT exist in any other verse, either.
Stupid. That would mean in this alternate universe my grandparents met and fucked at the exact same time as my real grand parents did. And their grandparents met and fucked at the exact same time and so on all the way back to when they were monkeys.
I don't think you realize all the events that had to occur in the history of the world for you to have been born. If your daddy pulled out you'd have never been born.
"It is important to keep in mind that the multiverse view is not actually a theory, it is rather a consequence of our current understanding of theoretical physics. This distinction is crucial. We have not waved our hands and said: “Let there be a multiverse”. Instead the idea that the universe is perhaps
one of infinitely many is derived from current theories like quantum mechanics and string theory."
The theory of parallel universes is not just maths – it is science that can be tested
String Theory calls for way more than a mere 10^100 (a googol) of parallel universes. It calls for
no less than 10^500 and no less than 9 spatial and 1 temporal dimension. One thing we know to be consistent with scientific discovery, is that one day we will learn how much we still have to learn. Science is a perpetual cycle of this; or at least it
should be.
I fully understand the implications of so many events leading up to one's current position in life. Obviously, had I never gotten into a minor fist fight one day during 9th grade, I would have never gone on to become a highly decorated combat veteran, nor would I have my amazing wife and children who are all a result of said service, or this lavish life of retirement and college. All because of one stupid fight, over 18 years ago. Had I not punched him, we wouldn't be talking right now. I also understand that wrapping my head around so many variables is next to impossible - UNLESS, there are an infinite number of possibilities, at which point, any speculation has merit (like a world in which the sky is green and plants are blue).
I don't know what theories you ascribe to, but there's really nothing stupid about what I'm talking about. It's just new and hard to understand, therefore, "stupid" (like the internet once was, or even video games). According to the most successful scientific experiment in human history (quantum physics), consciousness creates reality. Just by the mere act of
looking at a photon can change the way it behaves. Just by the mere act of
making a choice, or
thinking a thought, literally changes the reality of all existence around you, no matter how minuscule.
If nothing else, by far some of the most advanced mathematics in the world are used in propagating String Theory, which for me will one day translate into a Mathematician's salary. Einstein's final works were titled, "The Theory of Everything." This is exactly what world-renowned physicists are pursuing with theoretical approaches like String Theory, and tangible approaches such as the Large Hadron Collidor.
Don't be hasty in writing things off if they don't immediately make sense or even jive with what feels right. Reality is a strange and wonderful thing, just begging to be explored and understood. It's not here to comfort anyone.
