Journal #15 - I just “know” it’s true, man!
How many of you believe in a multiverse?… Let’s see a show of hands. Hmmmmm….. yeah, now put your hands down. You’re freaking people out.
I’ve heard of this theory from so many different people that I just assumed that it must have some sort of evidence behind it. I’m sure most of you are familiar with it. The idea that there’s an infinite amount of possible universes out there, and in each one a different version of reality is playing out. I’m sure I’m butchering it in someway, but that’s the genreral idea. Anyway, it’s kind of a fun idea, I’d be pretty stoked if it was true, but how plausible is it? The last Leiahdorus album (Parallel Universe), which was very worth the money btw, Opens with a sort of monologue on the theory, and in the end even purports that the theory is pretty much proven. This got me curious so I started asking more questions about it to people I thought would know. They didn’t. Strangely, the more I look into it the more I find a lot of smart people just kind of believeing it because everyone else is. After doing some research it pretty much comes down to this: It is only a hypothesis that arose more from science fiction than from actual science, but was adopted by parts of the scientific community to help compensate for problems mathermaticians were having with quantum fluctuations. There are a lot of very reputable scientists that say that the theory has very little to do with science, mainly because it can’t be tested, and is more metaphysics than anything.
Now, I want to clarify that I’m not just attacking this idea because it bothers me or I don’t wanna believe it. I think it would be pretty cool if it’s true, but I don’t appreciate being told something is fact when it simply isn’t. It’s a great example of a bunch of people wanting something to be true so badly that they eventually just label it as an undeniable fact. I kept hearing that it’s real and proven, but then no one could tell me how. If you wanna decide to believe it on faith then go ahead, but don’t try and tell me that you know it’s the truth.
So, I’m sorry that I didn’t site (sight?) anything. But I have a feeling it wouldn’t really matter. If someone out there knows more about this and would like to enlighten me, please do.