October 25, 2007 - Image #0019 - "Parallel Universes, Science Fiction of Fact? (In another universe I wrote a better Headline)"

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It has been postulated since 1954, when Hugh Everett III came up with the idea, that multiple universes exist parallel to our own, where our choices and actions have come up different than what we have chosen here, in our universe. Multiple works of science fiction have entertained this idea, from the television show Sliders to Futurama. However, scientists now, like Dr. Michio Kaku, inventor of "string theory" and others believe that parallel universes could be more real than we think.

Think about it. Perhaps, this morning you had eggs for breakfast. Another you could have had ham, or skipped breakfast entirely...the theory claims that for every decision you could possibly make, there is an infinite number of universes created for every single one. Richard Feynman and Stephen Hawking both ascribe to this theory, as do many others.

To break it down, quantum particles, the things everything is made of, split, much like when we decide whether we want French Toast or Microwave Waffles in the morning, it's a decision, but at the subatomic level. So when the particles split, they do so on separate levels, on universes that can never interact with one another. They split when an irreversible decision is made, basically, when something has happened. (For an example, albeit probably more confusing, look of Schrodinger's poor kitty.) Seems easy, right? Well, of course, I have to throw a spanner into the works.

This is solely my opinion, and is open for debunking, but theories are theories, I suppose. Let's say you did decide to eat Microwave Waffles this morning, but you considered every other decision. Well, the issue with that decision were the millions of other decisions that fueled yours. Not just the facts that Cold Waffles were the only thing in the fridge, and you can' t put Maple Syrup on cereal, (well you could, but let's leave that to any other parallel universe.) Think of the fact that those waffles were created by a company that sold them to you at a set price, the store that decided to sell them, the store being built, an inherent desire for something to go with Maple Syrup based on childhood experience perhaps, having a microwave, living in a country where that is available, and so on, and so on. Decisions that travel back to the beginning of time if you go far enough.

So this leaves us with one sole consideration; that if parallel universes exist, they must have solely been created before the birth of time, though if basic logic exists on all planes of existence, then logically, there could only be one possible outcome, the current universe within which we exist. The only variable is the modification of Quantum logic, but even that defies parallel universe theory.

My sincerest apologies to those who were hoping that somewhere out there, a parallel version of yourself is enjoying a fancy well-prepared breakfast of Lobster Omelettes and Crepes, but think of it this way, you can either enjoy life as it is, and has been given to you, and relish in every decision that you make, knowing that it is yours and yours alone....or you can buy a cookbook, and save the Microwave Waffles for someone else.

(Fun Fact[?]!: Based on the laws of the Copenhagen view, observation is necessary for physical existence, but parallel universes can never be observed, therefore denying their possibility within our range of existence! Schrodinger's Cat is Hungry/not hungry.)

Quick Add: Referencing activity in the macroscopic universe, parallel actions are unlikely due to the setup for said actions. Parallel existence is referring to the wavelength collapse of quantum particles, and the possibilities of multiple functions of said particles. I may be unable to "disprove" the existence of a parallel universe, but I am hypothesizing that any parallel universe that operates under the identical logic of our universe cannot exist because it would recreate itself identically to ours.

So there is the possibility that a parallel universe exists, but is completely identical, but because it cannot be observed, under Copenhagen views, keeps a Schrodinger's Cat type balance, where it exists and not exists...so perhaps our universe is always the one that exists.