- Humanity is just an outcome of billions of years of randomness at cosmic level.
- Every star formed, collided and exploded with impossible precision.. just so I could exist.
I wholeheartedly believe in both points, but only one at any given time.
I started reading this book called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in which the story starts with the earth dying, and it made me pause and think, "Do we matter? Of course, we are matter. But do we really matter? Who else would witness the miracles of the Universe, or atleast, the Solar system?
Wouldn't all the particles on earth cease to exist from a wave function and stay in superposition state forever? (I previously misinterpreted the Schrodinger's cat experiment completely, and I stand corrected now, but chose to keep my previous thoughts documented to remind myself how one can be completely confident yet stupid and incorrect.)
Is there a supernatural force that wants us to exist at this moment in the universe, or are we merely one of the consequences of cosmic chaos searching for meaning for life in this meaningless world? What if we are stuck in an endless time loop where the big bang happens and everything ends over and over again? (This is too much for me to comprehend, but I just want to write my thoughts)
I read another book called "Dark Matter" and it led me to another rabbit hole. This book is about you meeting who you could've become if you had made different choices in the past. A guy gets kidnapped by a stranger and ends up in a lab where he realizes that his reality isn't real anymore. Later he finds out that another version of him from another universe is the kidnapper, who stole his identity and started living his life. Now the guy who got kidnapped is to find his way back to his native world, and figure out a way to get his life back. No matter how many science fiction movies you've watched, you'd never expect such a twist in this story.
Lets assume the multiverse theory is true. Every choice you make in your life creates a new branch from your universe. For example, you chose to study the night before your final exam, and it would result in you getting a good job. If you had chosen not to study that night, you'd be doing a shitty job right now. This "what if" scenario is reality in another universe.
In all the universes you've existed, you made different choices at different points of life, and as a result, your lives wouldn't exactly be the same. They are either completely different or almost similar to each other. Are you the same person in all universes? No. Your experiences shape you. You are your experiences.
Would you get along with other version of you who recently branched from your universe? If no, isn't it too much to expect others to get along with you if you can't even agree with yourself?
But what about free will? If every choice or most of them we make are deterministic, would it reduce the count of multiverses? If the concept of multiverse is real, where do all the universes exist? Are we actually physical or are we assumimg (like in the movie Matrix)? If we are physical, shouldn't this be applicable to all other universes out there? Where do they exist then?
That you for your attention to this meaningless matter. Will keep you posted on more such useless thoughts.