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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 10. Multiverse

[there exists a vast multitude of varied universes]

4 ideas
It seems possible that there exists a limited number of other worlds apart from this one [Aristotle]
     Full Idea: One might indeed be puzzled whether, just as the world about us exists, nothing prevents there being others as well, certainly more than one, though not an unlimited number
     From: Aristotle (On the Heavens [c.336 BCE], 274a26)
There are endless cosmoi, some like and some unlike this one [Epicurus]
     Full Idea: There is an unlimited number of cosmoi, and some are similar to this one and some are dissimilar.
     From: Epicurus (Letter to Herodotus [c.293 BCE], 45)
It seems likely that cosmic inflation is eternal, and this would make a multiverse inevitable [Krauss]
     Full Idea: A multiverse is inevitable if inflation is eternal, and eternal inflation is by far the most likely possibility in most, if not all, inflationary scenarios.
     From: Lawrence M. Krauss (A Universe from Nothing [2012], 08)
The multiverse is distinct time-series, as well as spaces [Le Poidevin]
     Full Idea: The multiverse is not just a collection of distinct spaces, it is also a collection of distinct time-series.
     From: Robin Le Poidevin (Travels in Four Dimensions [2003], 11 'Objections')
     A reaction: This boggles the imagination even more than distinct spatial universes.