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What is the highest-grossing movie worldwide ever? If you said Avatar (2009), you'd be correct. The worldwide box office was $2.8B. You might be asking, what was the second highest-grossing? That would be the 2019 Avengers: Endgame, which pulled in $2.7B worldwide box office earnings.
I tell you this information because today's blog deals with the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI). Therefore, the world seems ready to discuss the multi-verse and consciousness more broadly. Based on our choice of entertainment, we collectively enjoy the idea that one event has multiple outcomes. Or, the idea of escaping this reality is very attractive to us. Either way, our imaginations can take us to amazing places.
So, what is MWI? The Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics holds that many worlds exist in parallel in the same space and time as ours. The existence of the other worlds makes it possible to remove randomness and action at a distance from quantum theory and, thus, from all physics. The MWI provides a solution to the measurement problem of quantum mechanics.
Hugh Everett III was an American physicist who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics, which he termed his "relative state" formulation.
In contrast to the then-dominant Copenhagen interpretation (wave collapse), the MWI declares that the wave function never collapses and that all possibilities of a quantum superposition are objectively real.
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What is the wave function collapse? Between the 1920s and 50s, the mathematical results of quantum mechanics interpretations came in "the standard interpretation" or the "Copenhagen interpretation."
This interpretation is known as the "collapse interpretation" because it supposes that an observer external to a system (a person observing an atom) causes the system, upon observation, to collapse from a quantum mechanical state to a state in which the elements of the system appear to have a determinate value for the property measured. In other words, the atom never existed until the person (scientist) wanted to observe it. Once the scientist puts their attention to it, it comes into existence.
2+2=Infinity
So, the real problem here is that scientists would use different types of measurement for the same test and come up with different data. As a result, they didn't have a mathematical explanation, so they came up with the Copenhagen interpretation to explain the inconsistency. That was until Everetts proposed the MWI theory.
Consequently, the fundamental idea of the many-worlds interpretation is that the unitary (single system) dynamics of quantum mechanics apply everywhere and at all times and describe the whole universe. In particular, it models a measurement as a unitary transformation, a correlation-inducing interaction, between observer and object, without using a collapse hypothesis, and models observers as ordinary quantum-mechanical systems. Furthermore, MWI's primary supposition is that the universe (or multi-verse in this context) is composed of a quantum superposition of an infinite or undefinable number of increasingly divergent, non-communicating parallel universes or quantum worlds.
Most importantly, if you understand that any two quantum (energetic) states can be added together (superposition), the result will be another valid quantum state; conversely, every quantum state can represent a sum of two or more distinct states (forms). Each is a consistent and actualized alternative history or timeline.
Everything is Coming up Rosie
Wow, that is a lot of scientific information; however, the key to understanding this is that two or more things can exist simultaneously. In a past blog, I wrote about an experiment; Schrödinger's cat is described as neither alive nor dead until observed — until that time, the cat is both alive and dead. Here is a good video that covers it in more detail.
A final example that proves how energy, atoms, create the world we live in through our observation is by using the double slit experiment. For example, waves that pass through two narrow, parallel slits will form an interference pattern on a screen. As a constant, this is true for all waves, whether light waves, water waves, or sound waves.
But light isn't just a wave—it's also a particle called a photon. So what happens if you shoot a single photon at the double slits? It turns out that even though there's only one photon, it still forms an interference pattern. It's as if the photon travels through both slits simultaneously. Furthermore, if someone is observing (personally or with an instrument) the double-slit experiment, the behavior of the photons changes to a clumping pattern.
Yes, there's More
The wave is a wave of probability because the scientists don't know which of the two slits any individual photon will pass through. But if they try to find out by setting up detectors in front of each slit to determine which slit the photon goes through, the interference pattern doesn't show up at all. Meanwhile, this is true even if they try setting up the detectors behind the slits. No matter what the scientists do, the interference pattern fails to emerge if they try anything to observe the photons.
Hang in there with me; there's more to the story. A group of scientists tried a variation on the double-slit experiment called the delayed choice experiment. The scientists placed a special crystal at each slit. The crystal splits any incoming photons into a pair of identical photons. One photon from this pair should go on to create the standard interference pattern while the other travels to a detector. With this setup, physicists may successfully find a way to observe the logic-defying behavior of photons.
Are you paying Attention?
But here's the most bizarre part; It still doesn't work, regardless of when that detection happens. Even if the second photon is detected after the first photon hits the screen, it ruins the interference pattern. As a result, observing a photon can change events that have already happened (re-writing the past).
I know this is a lot to take in. I have been studying this information for a while, and it gets confusing for me still. I have an excellent video that gets into this information in more detail. Click here and go to time stamp 15:28 to watch.
So, now that you know, quantum physics has proven that photons/particles will change their state by being observed; the fact is that this world we live in is a photonic reality. The many worlds-interpretation applies as we create our reality in real-time photons react based on our thoughts (conscious and unconscious). You may be straddling multiple universes right now and not even be aware. For comparison, the earth's volume is about 260 billion cubic miles. The hydrogen atom is about 99.9999999999996% empty. Based on this, if you take the empty space out of the earth, it becomes as big as a swimming pool of 320×80×1 feet. Consequently, a lot of space in our world consists of energy.
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Not convinced? Check out the Mandela Effect. It refers to a situation in which many people believe that an event occurred when it did not. The term originated in 2009 by Fiona Broome after discovering that she, along with many others, believed that Nelson Mandela had died in the 1980s (when he actually died in 2013).
Here are some examples of the Mandela Effect:
Kazaam is one of the most well-known examples of the Mandela Effect in the collective memory of a movie called "Shazaam" that starred the actor/comedian Sinbad in the 1990s.
In fact, no such movie exists, although there was a children's movie called Kazaam and some other coincidences that could help to explain how this movie became created (or remembered) in many people's minds.
Next, If you saw Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back, you probably remember Darth Vader uttering the famous line, "Luke, I am your father."
You might be surprised to learn that the line was actually, "No, I am your father." Most people have memories of the line being the former rather than the latter.
Finally, Mickey Mouse might be the most famous cartoon character in the world, but even Disney's renowned mouse is often misremembered in fans' minds. People often report the character wearing suspenders when he does not.
Neo = New
What does this mean? Like the atom in the double slit test, without focus, the particles form a wave; once you apply attention to it, you get the desired clumping or pattern effect. You are literally creating or jumping into the world you live in by what you focus on. If you focus on the lack in your life, you create it. Likewise, if you pay attention to all that is going perfectly in your life, you make that too. Yes, it is that effortless, and I used the 3rd-dimensional science we have today to make this an easy "red" pill to swallow.
In the next couple of weeks, I'm going to do a series on the unbelievable or impossible. I intend to help you create the world/universe you desire to jump into and live in. Join me.
