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 On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:23 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > 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. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < > [email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Oct 31, 2014 04:05 PM > 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 <http://phys.org/tags/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 > <http://phys.org/tags/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 <http://phys.org/tags/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 <http://phys.org/tags/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." > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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