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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I love multiverse theory! I also love how a lot of people don't really understand how finite infinites work in the context of multiverse theory!

There might be a universe in which magic exists. However, there is no universe in which I exist and magic exists. That's because I was born into a mundane version of the universe, so there are infinite possibilities, but because my existence in a magical universe is 0, being accepted into a witching school is something that'll never happen for me.

So no, within the context of multiverse theory there is no universe in which multiverse theory doesn't exist, because that is a paradox and as such, has 0 chance of existing. However, it totally possible that a magical universe does exist (I would say we don't know enough about the formation of the universe to accurately judge whether or not such a universe could be possible under the right formative circumstances); it's just that the chances of any of us existing in that universe is 0.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're getting into omniverse territory here, I think. But if accurate, then the dimensions without multiverses just lack the ability to perceive, observe, understand, measure, prove, or travel outside of their own universes. There's a whole multiverse of such isolated bubbles that will "know" that there's no multiverse, and we have a 50/50 chance of being in one.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s not how statistics works lol

[–] groet 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If there are infinite universes, covering all permutations of all properties (i asume thats what they mean by omniverse), then there will be exactly as many universes with a certain property then there are without it. So it is actually 50/50.

In the "multiverse of all possibilities" there will be 50% without a multiverse

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

We're getting into hierarchies of infinities here, look up cardinality. You can have infinities that can't map to every possibility of a higher infinity

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's a parallel universe in which the fundamental laws of physics are different: the weight of an electron, the gravitational constant, how many fundamental particles there are, the cosmological constant, ...

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And one where I have a goatee and I'm the evil version of myself, right??

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