Tuesday, 11 November 2014

An infinite multiverse: A bad idea or inescapable?

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Earlier this week, a cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, played host to the sort of debate that's usually reserved for smoke-filled dorm rooms: do we live in a multiverse, and, if so, is there another you out there?

But rather than mind-altered undergrads, the debate took place among three physicists, one of whom happens to have a Nobel Prize sitting back home.

The debate was held at Pioneer Works, a nonprofit center that places artists' studios next to a space for scientists-in-residence, mixing in a high-tech microscopy company and 3D printers for good measure. It's mostly known for the classes it offers, which range from crafts like lock picking and programming to learning how to play a theremin. But Pioneer Works is starting a series on controversial scientific topics, and the multiverse is the first one it chose to tackle.

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