Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-13 Thread Günther Greindl
Ronald, as a Star Trek oldtimer I feel I have to comment *grin*: ronaldheld wrote: > Can I explain the Star Trek universe(s) as being a part of Level I or > Level III? Alternate Realities/Histories would be Level I Universes with strange physics would be Level II Level III, as Max Tegmark righ

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-13 Thread Jason Resch
The episode Parallels dealt specifically with the many-worlds interpretation; Data explained that there was a theory that postulated everything that can happen, does happen and used that to explain a rift where multiple Enterprises were leaking in from parallel universes. See http://en.wikipedia.o

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The “Tegmark's levels” is a pure simplification for the consumption by laymen. There are no Multiverse levels; it is continuum of the same concept categorized to some superficial categories. Read the comments of “Bruno Marchal” in this thread above it illustrates it very well. On Jul 8, 10:11 a

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Jul 12, 2:22 pm, ronaldheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I explain the Star Trek universe(s) as being a part of Level I or > Level III? The “Tegmark's levels” is pure simplification for the consumption by laymen. There are no Multiverse levels; it is continuum of the same concept categor

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Jul 12, 2:22 pm, ronaldheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I explain the Star Trek universe(s) as being a part of Level I or > Level III? The “Tegmark's levels” is pure simplification for the consumption by laymen. There are no Multiverse levels; it is continuum of the same concept categor