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the ultimate excuse: somewhere out there, you did become an astronaut.
means a hypothetical collection of all possible universes, each with its own physical laws, history, or outcome.
from physics borrowed the term from philosophy — william james coined multiverse in 1895 for a moral, chaotic cosmos, long before quantum mechanics gave it math to hide behind.
quantum originschrodinger's cat theory implies branching worlds, not collapse
inflation versioneternal inflation predicts infinite bubble universes forming forever
untestable by designmost versions cannot be observed, only inferred mathematically
for instance
many-worlds interpretation — hugh everett, 1957, every quantum event splits reality
marvel cinematic universe — loki and doctor strange turned it into a box office strategy
string theory landscape — 10^500 possible universes, each with different physics