Afterlife (Endings)

by David Turell , Saturday, January 26, 2013, 17:14 (4317 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: This corresponds to some multiverse theories, with umpteen versions of ourselves existing elsewhere, and to the quantum phenomenon, with one thing being in two places at the same time. -I know you are just 'supposing' but not so fast! All of the multiverse stuff or multiple selves is philosophic junk, no chance of being proven:-"While Soler Gil and Alfonseca can't disprove the proposals of infinite repetition, they emphasize that the point of their critique is to show that the idea remains in the realm of philosophy, mythology, and sci-fi tales, not modern cosmology. They call the speculation "ironic science," a term used by science journalist John Horgan to describe options that do not converge on truth but are at best "interesting." Despite the accounts of many popular science books, the idea that our lives are being repeated an infinite number of times somewhere out in the universe is in no way certain and far from either probable or plausible."- Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-dont-infinite-scientists.html#jCp