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Sat Nov 28, 2015, 06:13 AM

Nov 2015

Linde (1990, 1994) has proposed that a background space-time "foam" empty of matter and radiation will experience local quantum fluctuations in curvature, forming many bubbles of false vacuum that individually inflate into mini-universes with random characteristics. Each universe within the multiverse can have a different set of constants and physical laws. Some might have life of a form different from ours; others might have no life at all or something even more complex or so different that we cannot even imagine it...

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Scientists May Have Just Discovered a Parallel Universe Leaking Into Ours [View all] Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 OP

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Nov 2015 #1

You're welcome. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #2

can i have my socks back? nashville_brook Nov 2015 #3

If you happen to go there, would you pick up my 786 combs I've lost over the years? BlueJazz Nov 2015 #43

Yeah, and my socks. PeoViejo Nov 2015 #52

Duckman, actually Cornfed, found them. Octafish Dec 2015 #72

Went right over my head PeoViejo Dec 2015 #75

Exciting possibility exboyfil Nov 2015 #4

Ha! Thats awesome! darkangel218 Nov 2015 #5

I hope it's not the one where ThoughtCriminal Nov 2015 #6

what happened before the beginning of time? if the big bang started from a tiny ball, what filled msongs Nov 2015 #7

... Ghost Dog Nov 2015 #40

This is an interesting feature of a Type I multiverse mindwalker_i Nov 2015 #8

These are exciting times in cosmology. aidbo Nov 2015 #9

Let me guess: in it, lobbyists advocate for the common good, right-wing media struggles, forest444 Nov 2015 #10

Love that universe! George McGovern was voted President there, too. Jackilope Nov 2015 #15

Imagine a universe where Buffy never moved to Sunnydale and Willow is an evil vampire. Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #19

Now THAT is truly an alternate universe! valerief Nov 2015 #53

And then, we wake up. forest444 Nov 2015 #54

Ha! Very cool dream. I used to spend hours in my work cubicle valerief Nov 2015 #57

You too, eh? forest444 Nov 2015 #59

Very sweet thought. I found that Macrae album on You Tube! valerief Nov 2015 #60

Thank you for that, Valerie. forest444 Nov 2015 #65

uhhhh, I think I am in that one.... WTF am I doing here? alittlelark Nov 2015 #11

Very speculative observation there Joe Turner Nov 2015 #12

Not sure how that's going to fit with my official Crazy Cat Doctor's Moebius Universe Theory. kestrel91316 Nov 2015 #13

This is more than I can handle. nt No Vested Interest Nov 2015 #14

What part of the bible was this mentioned in? cui bono Nov 2015 #16

The same part that says that humans and dinosaurs lived together 6000 years ago. BeanMusical Nov 2015 #24

Hey, Jesus rode a dinosaur! This was on Conservopedia... cui bono Nov 2015 #25

Lol, funny pic. BeanMusical Nov 2015 #31

probably the creation museum niyad Nov 2015 #62

Genesis 1 (King James Version) merrily Nov 2015 #34

Let there be light: Ghost Dog Nov 2015 #41

I am not trying to sell Genesis 1:1 to anyone. merrily Nov 2015 #45

I *do* hope they understand that once a sentient polar bear in composite armor gets through MisterP Nov 2015 #17

To be fair there is no actual evidence Fearless Nov 2015 #18

Oh great... SoapBox Nov 2015 #20

They still think this is the first one though... Kalidurga Nov 2015 #21

+1 darkangel218 Nov 2015 #26

Someone once proposed that our "universe" was just a particle darkangel218 Nov 2015 #28

We are Hooville Kalidurga Nov 2015 #30

Reminds me of the cat in MIB jakeXT Dec 2015 #73

Yes! Something like that. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #74

This has to be the first. Like the first pancake--the one that is never quite right. merrily Nov 2015 #36

According to eternal inflation, our universe is not necessarily the first. aidbo Nov 2015 #47

That's cool Kalidurga Nov 2015 #48

Let me recommend this documentary fbc Nov 2015 #22

Thanks! cui bono Nov 2015 #27

I must be stupid. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #23

Doctor Who once said, "We are leaving the universe!" Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #35

Maybe compare the dictionary definitions of "multiverse" and "universe." merrily Nov 2015 #46

You're not stupid. It's just that the nomenclature gets left behind by our understanding. aidbo Nov 2015 #49

Absolutely true jimlup Nov 2015 #51

Makes you think of this song, doesn't it? valerief Nov 2015 #55

I won't be able to stand up straight for 5 minutes now. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #67

Thank you. annabanana Nov 2015 #68

The video at the link is lyrical... Well worth the eleven minutes it 1monster Nov 2015 #29

that explains iamthebandfanman Nov 2015 #32

I've thought Dark Matter might actually be the mass of ordinary matter in overlapping realities.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #33

I know how you can travel there too! :) Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #37

Thank goodness! I thought the leak was from the upstairs Jacuzzi. merrily Nov 2015 #38

I'm not a theoretical physicist, bvf Nov 2015 #39

commenting gaspee Nov 2015 #42

HMMMmmmm.......might explain the Repuglikken Party....... lastlib Nov 2015 #44

Interesting but is important to remain extremely skeptical of such claims.... jimlup Nov 2015 #50

True. Repeatability and the ruling out of other causes should be established.. aidbo Nov 2015 #56

It will lead to great research that may illuminate Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #64

Indeed jimlup Nov 2015 #66

True. Myrth Nov 2015 #69

The first thing one sees there: longship Nov 2015 #58

thank you for sharing. have been convinced for years that the pukes, etc., are actually niyad Nov 2015 #61

I think the Pukes are entirely from our universe. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #63

Can I switch to the one where men think women are real people? lindysalsagal Nov 2015 #70

You should have added "all" before "men". darkangel218 Nov 2015 #71

When I first saw the thread title lordsummerisle Dec 2015 #76

No, this is science not a horror story. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #78

The Republicans brains, compassion and... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #77

Not convinced SandersFTW Dec 2015 #79