3 Interesting Ideas About Parallel Universes

Almost everyone has heard of the impressive hypothesis of parallel universes. Although the idea belongs to the field of physics, its ideas and implications are so broad that it overlaps almost all other fields.

In fact, discussing the parallel universe hypothesis can even raise questions about the meaning of life. This is because this hypothesis questions our basic assumptions about life and death.

The parallel universe hypothesis is a unique combination of relativity and quantum physics. In short, the idea proposes that there is not just one universe, but multiple universes that exist simultaneously in the same space and time. There are quite a few interesting ideas on the subject. Let’s take a look at three of them.

1. Everyone has an infinite number of lives

According to the parallel universes hypothesis, the existence of each person can develop in an infinite number of ways. Just like a “Choose your own adventure” story. If someone stands at a crossroads and turns to the right, they will encounter a certain number of experiences. But going left would create an entirely different set of experiences, and each choice creates a new universe.

According to this hypothesis, everyone lives an infinite number of simultaneous lives. The same person can be rich in one universe and a beggar in another. Or they may even die in some universes while continuing to live in others.

Strangely enough, from the point of view of the parallel universes hypothesis, there is no death. If someone dies in one universe, they still live in many others. If there are an infinite number of universes, life is also infinite. This is perhaps one of the most disturbing implications of this hypothesis.

2. Parallel universes are undetectable

Some physicists think we cannot observe parallel universes simply because of our limited senses. Humans have only five senses and cannot use any of them to discover alternate realities.

Human senses allow us to communicate in three dimensions. But according to the parallel universes hypothesis, there are many more dimensions. We simply do not have the ability to perceive or detect other dimensions.

There is also a theory that alternate universes could have completely different physical laws. For example, gravity or electromagnetism could work differently. Therefore, our understanding of the world under these circumstances could be useless or irrelevant. Therefore, detecting alternate or parallel universes is basically impossible.

3. Parallel Universes Don’t Communicate

Just as the name suggests, parallel universes exist in parallel. Like parallel lines, they never touch, even if they are permanently next to each other. It is suggested that a collision of parallel universes could cause something like the Big Bang, meaning an immeasurably powerful explosion that creates even more universes.

Some physicists collaborated to create the M-theory which proposes that the universe is made up of three-dimensional membranes called branes. To illustrate, imagine a movie theater. Although the viewer is in a three-dimensional world, the projected film appears to be a two-dimensional reality. If the viewer could enter the film, he would be in a three-dimensional reality. But the other viewers would continue to watch the film in two dimensions.

According to the M-theory, the universe is like that cinema, with a huge group of projections. Several films are projected at the same time, but they are completely independent of each other. Along the same lines, a multiverse is a group of coexisting but independent universes.

This is, of course, a very basic and succinct explanation of the parallel universes hypothesis. It is a very complex hypothesis that many people consider science fiction rather than reality. That said, many leading physicists have devoted years to studying it. Among them was Steven Hawking, who was working on the hypothesis when he died suddenly. At least in this universe.