• Question: Do you believe in "the multiverse theory"?

    Asked by #DefinitelyBrian to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Angela Stokes

      Angela Stokes answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Hi 653chea43
      I don’t have enough information to dis-believe in the multiverse theory, but saying that I don’t have enough to believe either. A physicist would be able to give you a better answer.

    • Photo: Ian Cade

      Ian Cade answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      I’m not sure the word ‘believe’ should be used to describe one’s confidence in a theory, it either describes a phenomenon well or not.

      The multiverse view of quantum mechanics is certainly a consistent model to describe the peculiarities of quantum processes. For example: Photons certainly have particle-like behaviour, but they form diffraction patterns when confronted with a pair of holes, and this is rather more like the behaviour of waves. The idea of a multiverse is that this ‘problem’ goes away if you consider that the photon goes through both holes… The trick is, what makes the whole thing collapse back down to a single observable outcome… I’m not sure anyone has come up with a definitive answer for this!

      I would suggest having a look at “QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter” by Feynman

      or, given the four lectures described are also on youtube you can look here (the 1st of 4):

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