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Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe

Posted by Soulskill on from the because-the-drake-equation-needs-another-term dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's generally accepted that the Universe's history is best described by the Big Bang model, with General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory as the physical laws governing the underlying framework. It's also accepted that the Universe probably started off with an early period of cosmic inflation prior to that. Well, if you accept those things — as in, the standard picture of the Universe — then a multiverse is an inevitable consequence of the physics of the early Universe, and this article explains why that's the case."

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  1. You mean by deodiaus2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That there is a universe out there where Sarah Palin is President.

    1. Re: You mean by Delarth799 · · Score: 4, Funny

      And in some universe they would resent that because the politicians there do their jobs

    2. Re: You mean by quenda · · Score: 5, Funny

      The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the party caucus, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.

      On those criteria Sarah Palin is one of the most successful Presidents the Multiverse has ever had.

    3. Re:You mean by rudy_wayne · · Score: 4, Funny

      However there is no universe where Java isn't a piece of crap.

    4. Re: You mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the parallel universe? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?