Parallel Universes

I recently read a Scientific American article on the subject of parallel universes. Interestingly this statement was made:"The simplest and most popular cosmological model today predicts that you have a twin in a galaxy about 10 to the 1028 meters from here. This distance is so large that it is beyond astronomical, but that does not make your doppelganger any less real. The estimate is derived from elementary probability and does not even assume speculative modern physics, merely that space is infinite (or at least sufficiently large) in size and almost uniformly filled with matter, as observations indicate. In infinite space, even the most unlikely events must take place somewhere. There are infinitely many other inhabited planets, including not just one but infinitely many that have people with the same appearance, name and memories as you, who play out every possible permutation of your life choices." Article Link I think it would be interesting to discuss the reasoning behind the existence of parallel universes.------------------(I noticed that there is another forum on this same topic, but it hasn't been posted to in a couple of years and I thought it would be better to start fresh.) Edited by Ender, : Removed theological mumbo-jumbo

Hello, Ender> I was reading along and was considering promoting your topic until I saw where you brought in Jesus. If you limit your discussion to science and Cosmology, we can start your topic in a science forum.If, however, you want to bring Jesus into the discussion, you might be better off attempting to start another topic for the Faith/Belief forums.Science and Faith diverge at the proverbial fork in the road. Science does not involve Faith, and Faith is not scientific.Once you decide where you want this puppy to run in, we can proceed.Other admins--feel free to comment. Ender, please get back to me.

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I Agree. Ender must make clear whether he wants to discuss the theological or scientific implications of the article.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

I wondered if that was going to be a problem. I'm really much more interested in the scientific aspects. I'll start another topic dealing with the religious aspects if that comes up in the forum.

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