Monday, September 1, 2008

Bleep!! Bleep!!!!

This is a continuation from the previous post. (See I have doubled the number of exclamatory marks in the title.)

Now to seriously discuss the concept of a 'multiverse' and its repercussions on us humans.
So, having got a preliminary idea on the concept of 'multiple universes' and why it was propounded, it is time to ponder over a simple question : is it really for the existence of multiple universes for explaining quantum mechanical phenomena? The answer is, as expected, no.

There is considerable objection to this many-worlds theory, the most integral argument of these stating that all results that may be obtained using the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is equivalent to having multiple experiments that are conducted in a single world with its probability laws governing it, but an important anomaly that arises is when we analyze the events which are probable, but do not occur. So, it appears that this theory is there to stay.

Before we move on to analyzing the anomalous effects in the world that this interpretation has to explain, I would like to give the basic concept underlying this theory : the equations of physics that model the time evolution of systems without embedded observers are sufficient for modeling systems which do contain observers, since there is no observation-triggered wave function collapse which quantum mechanics proposes, in layman's tongue, no event has success or failures that is dependent on whether the event is being observed or not. And the many-worlds interpretation uses this to say that no absolute description of any two events is possible once it is the result of another, leading to relative description of the event. But relative to what? Another universe , of course. And thus came into existence the multiple-universes theory.

Now, let us see what are the various anomalies to which this theory can offer explanations to.
On a macro level, this might well offer an explanation the mystery surrounding the Bermuda triangle, by stating that the series of events that lead to the disappearance of planes and ships are just a fallout from some other universe, where they reach their destination safely (my personal opinion is that it occurs due to some variations in geomagnetism in these regions, about 12 in all, which again can be explained by the many-worlds theory).

There have been reports of seeing wraiths and ghosts throughout human history. One explanation (and the most accepted one) is that the person who reports these incidents is not of sound mental health. But what if it is because of the interacting nature of these multiple universes, at some times, interfering with the other universes. A 'ghost' seen here could be a living person in some other universe. Also closely related to this are the reports of numerous UFO abductions. It could be that these people, by some strange occurrences, been sent of to some other universe (where they would be reported of as 'ghosts'!!), only to return when they feel like, since almost all quantum mechanists feel that there is some connection between human consciousness and the occurrences in the physical world.

Another interesting thing to which this theory can give explanation to is the existence of intuition, on a smaller scale, and extra-sensory perception (ESP), on a larger scale. It could be that the human mind (brain, specifically) is sensitive to the occurrences in the other universes, and based on the occurrences in other universes, the brain is able to calculate the most probable occurrence in our universe.

So, the existence of multiple universe does provide explanations to a lot of things in the world, and if real, can also provide for faster computing experience (by means of 'quantum computing', which is based on this assumption), in a few years.

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