JM
to both cases no! But I have never piloted an SR-71, nor, circled the star
Antares. I was going for the optimistic side of scientific speculation, rather
than the everyday. Having said that, you, from my point of view-made your
point. If we're speaking of our species and its descendents, why not go for the
highest hanging fruit?
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From: John Mikes <jami...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Sat, Nov 1, 2014 3:09 pm
Subject: Re: Do parallel universes really exist, and interact
Spudy: did anyone ever realize a "contact" with those "other" universes, so you
can decry a 'possibility' of such?
Same for 'immortality': did anyone ever meet an 'immortal'?
JM
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Perhaps this is too much being raised on the twilight zone, but I wonder if
this provides any means to interact or make contact with these
world/universes? This is of course too much to hope for but the study kind of
seems to direct the mind towards that possibility.
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Subject: RE: Do parallel universes really exist, and interact
Sounds a lot like MWI, but asserts that the parallel universe's subtle
interactions explain the weirdness of quantum mecahnics
Read more at:
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-interacting-worlds-theory-scientists-interaction.html#jCp
Griffith University academics are challenging the foundations of quantum
science with a radical new theory based on the existence of, and interactions
between, parallel universes.
In a paper published in the prestigious journal Physical Review X,
Professor Howard Wiseman and Dr Michael Hall from Griffith's Centre for Quantum
Dynamics, and Dr Dirk-Andre Deckert from the University of California, take
interacting parallel worlds out of the realm of science fiction and into that
of hard science.
The team proposes that parallel universes really exist, and that they
interact. That is, rather than evolving independently, nearby worlds influence
one another by a subtle force of repulsion. They show that such an interaction
could explain everything that is bizarre about quantum mechanics
Quantum theory is needed to explain how the universe works at the microscopic
scale, and is believed to apply to all matter. But it is notoriously difficult
to fathom, exhibiting weird phenomena which seem to violate the laws of cause
and effect.
As the eminent American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman once noted: "I
think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
However, the "Many-Interacting Worlds" approach developed at Griffith
University provides a new and daring perspective on this baffling field.
"The idea of parallel universes in quantum mechanics has been around
since 1957," says Professor Wiseman.
"In the well-known "Many-Worlds Interpretation", each universe branches into a
bunch of new universes every time a quantum measurement is made. All
possibilities are therefore realised – in some universes the dinosaur-killing
asteroid missed Earth. In others, Australia was colonised by the Portuguese.
"But critics question the reality of these other universes, since they do not
influence our universe at all. On this score, our "Many Interacting Worlds"
approach is completely different, as its name implies."
Professor Wiseman and his colleagues propose that:
The universe we experience is just one of a gigantic number of worlds. Some are
almost identical to ours while most are very different;
All of these worlds are equally real, exist continuously through time, and
possess precisely defined properties;
All quantum phenomena arise from a universal force of repulsion between
'nearby' (i.e. similar) worlds which tends to make them more dissimilar.
Dr Hall says the "Many-Interacting Worlds" theory may even create the
extraordinary possibility of testing for the existence of other worlds.
"The beauty of our approach is that if there is just one world our theory
reduces to Newtonian mechanics, while if there is a gigantic number of worlds
it reproduces quantum mechanics," he says.
"In between it predicts something new that is neither Newton's theory nor
quantum theory.
"We also believe that, in providing a new mental picture of quantum effects, it
will be useful in planning experiments to test and exploit quantum
phenomena."
The ability to approximate quantum evolution using a finite number of worlds
could have significant ramifications in molecular dynamics, which is important
for understanding chemical reactions and the action of drugs.
Professor Bill Poirier, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas Tech
University, has observed: "These are great ideas, not only conceptually, but
also with regard to the new numerical breakthroughs they are almost certain to
engender."
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