Dan Werb is a scholar, musician and excellent conversationalist. He recently gave a lecture on the multiverse at Trampoline Hall to wide acclaim. What follows are some of his thoughts on this mind-bending theory:
At the quantum level, particles exist in multiple states at once, so for instance they can be moving in opposite directions at different speeds. It's only when they're observed that they 'choose' a specific speed and direction. But what happens to all the other states that the particle was in? Information is never truly lost, and the multiverse theory claims that all the other states also happen – but in alternate universes. It’s just that our tiny human brains are too small and limited to experience multiple different states at the same time. But for every potential decision, for every choice that you are confronted with, rest assured that all outcomes are being played out somewhere, in other universes…
At the quantum level, particles exist in multiple states at once, so for instance they can be moving in opposite directions at different speeds. It's only when they're observed that they 'choose' a specific speed and direction. But what happens to all the other states that the particle was in? Information is never truly lost, and the multiverse theory claims that all the other states also happen – but in alternate universes. It’s just that our tiny human brains are too small and limited to experience multiple different states at the same time. But for every potential decision, for every choice that you are confronted with, rest assured that all outcomes are being played out somewhere, in other universes…
There is a subtle transition here, where mere particles morph into being our minds.
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