Is it possible to travel to parallel universes?

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Travel to parallel universes, as posited by the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, is not possible due to the causal disconnection of these universes from our own. The consensus among participants, including Phinds, is that even if parallel universes exist, they cannot be observed or reached. The discussion emphasizes that science often surprises with future discoveries, but current understanding firmly denies the feasibility of such travel.

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Is it possible to travel to parallel universes of many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics?
 
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Not even remotely. If they DO exist, and I am in the camp that does not believe in them at all, they are causally disconnected from our universe and so cannot even be observed, much less reached.
 
No - Phinds has it right.

But is must be said science is a strange beast - future progress has the habit of often surprising.

Thanks
Bill
 
Ok. But I would like to know why travel to such universes is not possible. Is there any law of physics or any property that forbid travel between such worlds? What is it?
 
nivak said:
Ok. But I would like to know why travel to such universes is not possible. Is there any law of physics or any property that forbid travel between such worlds? What is it?
By asking for a law that disproves a hypothesis, you can literally make any claim. How do you know there aren't any heat resisting dinosaurs living at the center of the Sun? Is there any proof they don't exist? :-P
 
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By asking for a law that disproves a hypothesis, you can literally make any claim. How do you know there aren't any heat resisting dinosaurs living at the center of the Sun? Is there any proof they don't exist? :-p
Exactly. This is EXACTLY how "science" works on Ancient Aliens. They never make any claims at all, they just say "is it possible that <utter crap> might be true" strongly implying that it IS true but never saying so. They then use that "truth" to go on to even more ridiculous claims, still couched in the same formulaic cop-out way.
 
The original question has been answered, so this thread can be closed.
 

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