18 Jun 13
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Is the idea of multiverses being used to explain the problems we've had reverse engineering the universe all the way back to a single point? I've read that the math breaks down as we approach the start of expansion, so is the idea of multiverses being used to help resolve this problem?
It would explain away the problem of getting something from nothing by saying there was always something, i.e. other parent universes. I don't buy into theories that say something could have come from nothing because something in that nothing vibrated, or that nothing itself split into positive and negative material values. By definition there is nothing in nothingness that can be defined as "something".
18 Jun 13
Originally posted by lemon limeScience fiction can explain everything, if the imagination is wild enough.
Is the idea of multiverses being used to explain the problems we've had reverse engineering the universe all the way back to a single point? I've read that the math breaks down as we approach the start of expansion, so is the idea of multiverses being used to help resolve this problem?
It would explain away the problem of getting something from nothing ...[text shortened]... l values. By definition there is nothing in nothingness that can be defined as "something".
The Instructor
19 Jun 13
Originally posted by RJHindsMy imagination is wild enough, but IMO there is good science fiction and bad science fiction. Bad science fiction is what I usually see in movies and television series. It seems no matter how closely a story resembles an actual theory they always manage to screw it up.
Science fiction can explain everything, if the imagination is wild enough.
The Instructor
I remember seeing an episode of the X-files, about a man from the future showing up in our time. He was frozen before making the trip because all the forces holding him together would kick into reverse when going back in time. This was the same theory I mentioned over at the Galaxy thread. The problem with that story is freezing him wouldn't solve the problem of him evaporating into space when he started traveling back in time.
Good theories are like good stories... whether they are true or not, they should at least make sense.