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Par allel Wor lds Exist and Int er act Wit h Our Wor ld, Say Physicist s
New t heor y explains
many of t he bizar r e
obser vat ions made in
quant um mechanics.
By Br ian Nelson
Do parallel worlds ever cross
paths?
Quantum mechanics, though
firmly tested, is so weird and
anti-intuitive that famed
physicist Richard Feynman once
remarked, "I think I can safely
say that nobody understands
quantum mechanics." Attempts
to explain some of the bizarre
consequences of quantum
theory have led to some
mind-bending ideas, such as the
Copenhagen interpretation and the many-worlds interpretation.
Now there's a new theory on the block, called the "many interacting worlds" hypothesis (MIW), and
the idea is just as profound as it sounds. The theory suggests not only that parallel worlds exist, but
that they interact with our world on the quantum level and are thus detectable. Though still
speculative, the theory may help to finally explain some of the bizarre consequences inherent in
quantum mechanics, reports RT.com.
The theory is a spinoff of the many-worlds interpretation in quantum mechanics ? an idea that
posits that all possible alternative histories and futures are real, each representing an actual, though
parallel, world.
One problem with the many-worlds interpretation, however, has been that it is fundamentally
untestable, since observations can only be made in our world. Happenings in these proposed
"parallel" worlds can thus only be imagined.
MIW, however, says otherwise. It suggests that parallel worlds can interact on the quantum level, and
in fact that they do.
"The idea of parallel universes in quantum mechanics has been around since 1957," explained
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