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Do you think about the possibilities of the world in terms of "timelines"? [aka: Many-Worlds Theory, Yes or No?] (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/asklemmy

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I mean, like, every time something happens, like election results, coups in other countries, dictator gets overthrown by rebels, some corporate ceo getting shot, etc..., I say "hmm, what an interesting timeline I'm on" like half joking as a reference to time travel Movies/TV, but its also kinda half serious.

I mean like, I think about the Cold War and the two famous nuclear close-calls (Cuban Missile Crisis with Vasily Arkhipov, and the Radar False Alarm incident with Stannislav Petrov) amongst many other less-known nuclear close-calls, and I just think, there's no way we should've survived those, like if each incident was a 50%/50% of ending in a nuclear war, then amonst that many close-calls, like 9 out of 10 timelines would've been the end of the world. Like it doesn't really make sense for the world be a non-many worlds type with many different possibilities, cuz we'd be dead from nuking ourselves.

So we just got lucky with ending up on the 1 in every 10 timelines where the world didn't end. And it seems like out luck has ran out since... I mean look at how the world is dealing with climate change, no country seem to care much, USA just elected a climate change denial party.

So I mean, don't y'all think this "different timelines" thing make sense?

(Basically what I'm asking is, Many-Worlds Theory? Do you believe that, Yes or No?)

(Sorry if this makes no sense, IDK how to express thoughts properly 😅)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

I like to think of the multiverse as an infinite field of colored static, and our universe is just a tiny segment that managed to represent a comprehensible world.