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The multiverse is my favorite scientific hypothesis. It just seems right. It's always been cool to think about the boundary conditions of our universe (how big?
by robg 18y ago
The multiverse is my favorite scientific hypothesis. It just seems right. It's always been cool to think about the boundary conditions of our universe (how big? how long? how much?). But one among many? That's utterly baffling and exciting.
Unfortunately, without evidence, it's an argument of faith, like any other.
- thwarted 18y agoBaffling and exciting in the same way that the set of reals is larger than the set of integers even though both are infinite. Also, Zeno's Paradox is my favorite.
- trapper 18y agoI like the simulation hypothesis. I love how it "explains" some of the constants we see & quantum physics. I don't see how belief in "the multiverse" is any different than belief in a god or the simulation hypothesis. They all have zero evidence and can't be tested. The obvious question in all three is: what was there before? So they all have the same problems.
- goodness 18y agoThe simulation hypothesis actually becomes more likely, though still not proven, if we get to the point where we can run our own simulated universe. We might also demonstrate that we were in a simulation if we found an exploit to take over the simulator's webcam (assuming the simulator didn't patch and revert). Universal buffer overflow!