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Single Idea 22946

[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 10. Multiverse ]

Full Idea

The multiverse is not just a collection of distinct spaces, it is also a collection of distinct time-series.

Gist of Idea

The multiverse is distinct time-series, as well as spaces

Source

Robin Le Poidevin (Travels in Four Dimensions [2003], 11 'Objections')

Book Ref

Le Poidevin,Robin: 'Travels in Four Dimensions' [OUP 2003], p.195

A Reaction

This boggles the imagination even more than distinct spatial universes.

The 4 ideas with the same theme [there exists a vast multitude of varied universes]:

395 It seems possible that there exists a limited number of other worlds apart from this one [Aristotle]
14036 There are endless cosmoi, some like and some unlike this one [Epicurus]
21111 It seems likely that cosmic inflation is eternal, and this would make a multiverse inevitable [Krauss]
22946 The multiverse is distinct time-series, as well as spaces [Le Poidevin]