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> but there's absolutely nothing that requires there to be only one metaverse. Aside from how it was specifically used, the way the word is formulated alone su
by smolder 4y ago
> but there's absolutely nothing that requires there to be only one metaverse.
Aside from how it was specifically used, the way the word is formulated alone suggests there should only be one. Meta loosely means above, and encompassing, on a higher plane. Verse comes from universe obviously. The unified world, above everything.
This is just another case of people confidently misusing words so prominently that the meaning changes, which "is allowed", obviously.
> a metaverse is just a persistent virtual space shared among multiple users. We have lots of those, and have had them for years
Yes, we've had them for years, and we didn't call them metaverses, and nothing was lost in that time. That's good evidence for my prior assertion that the word (with its new definition) is practically useless.
- kibwen 4y agoI think we're just having a semantic argument now; just because meta roughly means "above" doesn't imply singularity (you could envision a metametaverse above multiple metaverses). And the existence of a singular observable universe doesn't preclude the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics or the accompanying "multiverse".
- JohnFen 4y ago> That's good evidence for my prior assertion that the word (with its new definition) is practically useless. I think the word is not only useless, it's actively off-putting to most people.