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Mutliverse Theory (Superstring); probability?

Multiverse theory grew out of string and superstring theory. Do you believe it has much potential to be the way things really are?

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  I'm not very well educated in the science or math, so all I can do is take this from a philosophical point of view.

  We have no way to prove the existence of another universe. We have no way to disprove the existence of another universe. However, because of this it also makes no difference to us whether there is or not, because it would not be in our reality and would not come in contact with us. So it doesn't really matter.

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  • konshu
    July 14, 2005
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    Sounds exactly like and argument for whether there's a god. accident?
  • Heartbroken
    August 8, 2005
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    Why do you think that it makes no difference to us whether there is or not? It matters to us for the same reason knowing the whether for next weekend is important. It opens new windows to perhaps where we came from or where we're ultimately headed, it opens up new possibilities and oppotunities for scientific advances to preserve the species once the one thing that keeps this planet alive - the sun- dies. ultimately, it makes every difference in the world, because if there are two universes, there must be something between them and around them, they must exist in a larger bubble that contains perhaps many "multiverses", which means there's a definate beginning and end to a universe, just as there is a star which we can use to find more questions and more answers, and in the end this insiginicant peice of trivia could mean extinction or survival of the human race. It's impossible to see all ends, but if we know where we came from we'll have a better idea of where we are going. And that is the reason that science exists. I mean you could easily say, well i don't believe in physics, because there are exceptions to every rule. Quantum mechanics poked holes in physics everywhere, but people aren't abandoning the concept of momentum or gravity because of it, they search for reasons why they're different, and armed with that knowledge there's no telling where we can go with it. It's all about advancement of the species.
  • Chessmaster
    October 4, 2005
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    Konshu: Definitely not; these are two very similar ideas. Heartbroken: you make the assumption that we would indeed be able to make contact with that alternate universe, which, while not impossible or unlikely, is wanting in scientific evidence as of yet. Philosophically, if we could experience something, wouldn't that by definition make it a part of our own universe, not a different one?
  • RothMcVeReagan
    March 15, 2007
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    "it also makes no difference to us whether there is or not, because it would not be in our reality and would not come in contact with us"
    
    if we are truly incapable of proving or disproving the existance of another universe, how can we disprove that they have the ability to contact us. How can we disprove the thought that their universe is in control over ours, which would throw our outlook on our universe into question...

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