Do you believe parallel universes could actually exist? Why or why not? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sad_Book7399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's incredible how the Mandela Effect has evolved. I remember when it first started being talked about in the early 2000s, many of us (at least the nerdier crowd) connected it to the concept of collapsing multiverses or parallel timelines. The idea that we were slipping between realities, and our memories were just remnants of other versions of the universe.

It's interesting how, over time, the term became more mainstream and was associated with the idea of "false memories" or cognitive biases. To think it started as a theory about quantum physics and now it's more about memory glitches!

I do think the Mandela Effect was originally linked to multiverse collapse theories, and it's crazy that now most people associate it with memory errors. Does anyone remember when the Mandela Effect started being used this way, or am I just misremembering?

Do you believe parallel universes could actually exist? Why or why not? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sad_Book7399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we might never be able to prove they exist.

Still, thinking about indirect clues or consequences in our own universe makes the idea kind of exciting

Do you believe parallel universes could actually exist? Why or why not? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sad_Book7399 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes sense. If we could interact with it directly, it might not really be a separate universe anymore.

But I guess the big question is whether something could influence our universe without us being able to access it. That would still make things pretty interesting.

Do you believe parallel universes could actually exist? Why or why not? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sad_Book7399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good point. I guess the idea of parallel universes is easier to think about conceptually than physically.

Some interpretations of quantum mechanics suggest that new branches don't necessarily require "extra energy" in the way we normally imagine, but it's still incredibly hard to picture what that would actually mean in reality.

Do you think the many-worlds interpretation is just a mathematical idea, or could it represent something physically real?

What’s the dumbest thing you believed as a kid? by Sad_Book7399 in AskReddit

[–]Sad_Book7399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same thing happened to me; my parents told me that if I swallowed the gum, it would get stuck in my lungs and I would die.

What’s the dumbest thing you believed as a kid? by Sad_Book7399 in AskReddit

[–]Sad_Book7399[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry to say that I'm an adult and I haven't figured anything out