Originally posted by FabianFnas
I believe in only our universe.
If there is other universes they are certainly not parallel with ours.
My decisions will not create other universes.
That's my belief.
Are we talking science or religion?
I believe only in our Universe and am one of the most atheistic people you could ever hope to come across, I actively dislike religion because of how utterly absurd it is. If you disagree with me, don't bother having a go at me for it, neither of us will change our mind, and due to the nature of your illogical beliefs there is little point in having a structured argument with you. Anyway back to the universe(s) I'm open to these possibilities:
Firstly, and as I have already brushed on, and I think it was Gastel informed me, we are currently (probably) in the 8th big bang/ big crush cycle of the universe, and I wouldn't be against calling them parallel universes, especially with the theory that all time is an illusion, similar to a film, we usually see the film, unaware of the cells, all the cells exist throughout the film, but we see them sequentially, thus we perceive them as if they are moving, and there are a few theories knocking about off the back to Einstein’s theory of relativity that this is the case with normal time. Although this isn’t what I understand most people think of when they think of parallel universes, I’d say it was fairly parallel. This whole post started off because of my musings on what we actually meant when we said parallel universes.
Secondly, the “universes being created when you make a decision” idea is both taken out of context and bastardised. The theory, as I understand it has no scientific basis, and is more like a Library of Babel thought experiment. Not only that, but the emphasis of the idea is misplaced too often. You don’t create a universe when you make a decision, it says that there is a universe that is exactly like this right up until you make that decision, a way to visualise the concept of infinite universes. Similar to the Library of Babel the book that starts “AAAB” did not cause the creation of the book that starts “AAAC” but up until the fourth letter the books are identical, and if you read them simultaneously they would be obviously split there.
I’m sorry if I haven’t explained myself well enough, its been a long day and I need sleep, if I have skipped something bring it to my attention and I’ll try to go over it properly.
Dominic sleep now.