parallel universes

What term "parallel universes" really mean?

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"Sirius Black" wrote:

What term "parallel universes" really mean?

Pretty much, it means whatever the science fiction author who's using it
wants it to mean.

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In article ,
"Sirius Black" wrote:

What term "parallel universes" really mean?

Pretty much, it means whatever the science fiction author who's using it
wants it to mean.

Which is fine until physicists use it.

Then it basically means what ever the physicist means.

Generally in a universe in dimensions not reachable from ours. i.e. take a
right turn at reality.



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Sirius Black wrote:

What term "parallel universes" really mean?

If you write "parallel universes" in a google search field you will get a
lot to read. The first hit is this and it's not sci-fi...


www.sciam.com/ article.cfm?articleID=000F1EDD-B48A-1E90-8EA5809EC5880000