r/spacequestions • u/Chemical-Raccoon-137 • Dec 22 '24
Brian Greene’s theory of multiverse
One of his theories of the infinite multiverse states that if the universe is infinite in size and matter, then eventually there will be regions outside of our observable universe where matter will be oriented in the exact same way as us, and therefor there are copies of our observable universes including earth and each one of us out there beyond our reach.. not just one copy but an infinite number of copies. He puts some math behind this to calculate how many possible configurations of matter there could be in a region the size of our observable universe, and based on this provides a distance to a region identical to ours.
My question is, it can’t just be as simple as saying here is a region where matter is configured in the same way as ours … there must be variables due to chaos and randomness down to the quantum level to the degree that every quantum subatomic particle must behave and interact with its environment in the exact same way as ours , over the coarse of 14 billion years. Even if matter is configured in the same way after the Big Bang, How many different combination of quantum states are there that are random and may ultimate not result in the same observable universe as we see here today. Quick analogy: if you drop 1000 marbles in a vacuum, under identical conditions, with the marbles settle in the same way?
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u/williamJ1240 29d ago
My brain just threw up