The "multiverse theory (parallel universes) advanced by Steven Hawking and James Hartle might be verifiable. A study was submitted to the Journal of High-Energy Physics 10 days before Prof Hawking died. Wouldn't it be something to discover that there are billions of other universes that were created at the time of the Big Bang. Why not? Here is an interesting article: [bbc.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Okay, so here are my questions. If this is proven to be true, does it also prove true that free will isn't possible being that an infinite number of universes would have every single possible outcome in the history of "time"? Or could there still be the same outcomes in other universes? If the other universes have the same outcomes, does that also prove that free will isn't possible? Could there be free will and some universes have the same outcomes as others and some don't? Being that there might be every single possible outcome in infinite universes, could the varying degrees be SO SLIGHT that we couldn't tell anyway? I guess it can only be proven one way or another if they actually prove this is true and then explore all those other universes. Good luck with that lol
"Many-worlds implies that all possible alternate histories and futures are real, each representing an actual "world" (or "universe" )."
Piece2YourPuzzle
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May 6, 2018
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There are so meany things about our part in this thing we call life, some are easily indebted to and some that we are just beginning to think we have a handle on! We are just beginning to identify such things as how a bangle tiger with it's colors can be an effective hunter? The answer lays in the fact that the animals that it forages on have a different wave length to there eyesight that makes the tiger very hard to see. This maybe the case with us, there may be beings all around that we are not seeing due to our vision restrictions? Therefore they as fare as our daily actives just don't exist.
bandit321
Level 7
May 6, 2018
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We shall see if the submission makes it through. Fascinating non the less
Mikeb56
Level 7
May 6, 2018
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It did, it was published 7 days after submission to the journal
Thank you i am sure it will be a fascinating read
The trouble with these articles is that they leave you tantalizingly lost. I'm enough of an expert on the subject to want more than is available here but not enough of an expert to have access to the Hawking-Hertog paper itself.
marmot84
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May 6, 2018
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You can also save the paper as a pdf
Another good site to look papers up on is arXiv: it’s often not their submitted form for a journal, but it is still a good collection of work
Yes the university library is also a good source as well for peer review.
This may help you and others understand. [popsci.com]
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