#multiverse theory

[itsian4]

What if i am a character in my favorite character’s universe. And he is as obsessed with me as i am with him. What about that huh

[psionic-cynic]

In middle school I read a LOT of books, but some of the ones that really stuck with me have to do with multiverse theory...

Timeline by Michael Crichton

His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass/Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

The Myst Reader (The Book of Atrus, The Book of Ti'ana, and The Book of D'ni) by David Wingrove with input from Rand and Robyn Miller

Crichton's quantum physicists target an echo of the 14th century France, almost identical to our reality, with one specific difference, a single figure mythical in our world. It is not explored how much variation the physicists can achieve in their target realities.

Pullman's knife-bearer learns to sense differences between worlds before cutting windows into them, providing a degree of control and choice, but still leaving a degree of random chance.

The Millers' Writers, when trained appropriately can craft nuanced and detailed descriptions of Ages that have existed, do exist, or will exist somewhere in an infinite reality. Contradictory descriptions create Links to unstable Ages, while subtle redundancies can reinforce intentional characteristics and traits. These Writers do not create worlds, but bridges to worlds through descriptions of their creative intent. If it can be described, it has the possibility to exist, however briefly, somewhere and somewhen. This great degree of control can be intoxicating and must be honed through restraint and careful intent.

Ultimately, these works all tackle the concept of the butterfly effect in wildly different ways. I find them to be fascinating ways of allowing established POV characters who are relatable to the reader to be thrust into new and diverse worlds and question the interconnectedness of reality.

If you're a fan of the sci-fi trope of alternate dimensions/universes/timelines etc, give these novels a shot. The Wheel of Time does it a bit too, but it's like a 5th string plot line in a 14 book series, so maybe put that on the back burner until you have the energy.

[figurationoftheinvisible]

Multiverse theory

"moving with the rhythms of nature perhaps the rhythms of god"

Sometimes I think that in a universe of infinite possibilities somewhere there must be a better version of this world There must be some corner where happiness exists fully, without such folly and struggle where we could learn how to share not only to give and take Where the food, the air, the water is enough where people could be what they wanted, Rather than what they had to be We could let the bees keep their honey telling tales of spring rain While the earth rolls on its axis so the sky can see you once more

Image: Kazuhiko Fukuoji

[canvas4everyone]

What if “one universe” is just a pause button? Laws of physics, like moods, could change elsewhere. Quantum moments might split into whole new drafts. Bubbles, branes, parallels different math, same wonder. And if there are infinite realities… which one are we living in? Keep looking there’s more space in the idea than you’d expect.

[onomatopoeit]

rip to me somewhere in the multiverse cuz of how bad i used to undercook eggs jfc

[thnksfrthvenom420]

If the multiverse is real, that means theres a universe in which mcr never got bk 2gether, but theres also one where they never split.. but then theres the no 9/11 universe in which they never existed— but then... that means there could also be an.. Unholyverse..

[the-absent-minded-sys]

If the multiverse was real, I managed to find happiness in the most corrupt timeline...