When it comes to parallel worlds, the science is just as wacky as the fiction. until you start thinking about people splitting like amoebas. But because her parallel is a year behind Abby in time, the effect is on Abby’s past, not her present. What does this have to do with Parallel? Well, for Abby this means that anything her parallel does in the parallel universe has an immediate effect on Abby’s life. The connection between them would hold up even if you were to move the particles to opposite ends of the universe. From that moment on, anything that happens to one particle will have an instantaneous effect on that other (and by instantaneous, I mean at least 10,000 times faster than the speed of light). In one of the greatest oddities of quantum mechanics, if particles collide with enough force, they remain inextricably linked to one another across time and space. Instead, the worlds become “cosmically entangled,” such that anything that happens in the parallel world will now have an impact on the reality of our world.Ĭosmic entanglement is fiction, but it’s based on real science. According to string theory, the collision between these two worlds should cause another new universe to form. But in the parallel world, her parallel self has just turned 17. In Parallel, our world collides with a parallel universe that’s a year behind ours in time. In our world, Abby, the main character, has just turned 18. So which of these theories appears in Parallel? Bits of both of them, with a twist. (Why is it called string theory? Because the theory proposes that the smallest building blocks of our universe are tiny, vibrating, one-dimensional loops of string. The theory is waaaay more detailed and nuanced than that, but this is a beginner’s guide, after all).
Like the many-worlds theory, string theory says that parallel universes exist, but goes even further and says that it is possible for our world to come in contact with them. When that happens, the theory goes, a Big Bang like the one that created our universe occurs. Original Helen stands in the station while New Helen speeds off toward home.
#PARALLEL UNIVERSE THEORY MOVIE#
Ever see the movie Sliding Doors? I think this is pretty much what happens to Gwyneth Paltrow’s character, Helen, when she misses that train. Many-worlds theory says that you split like an amoeba every time a new world is created, allowing a carbon copy of you to go forward in the newly created parallel world while you remain in our world, unaware that a split has taken place. This has some pretty wacky implications. Take yourself, for example.
Two that scientists talk about a lot. The first, set forth by a guy named Hugh Everett in the 1950s, is called the “Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics” and essentially says that whenever there are multiple ways an event could turn out, the world “splits” into new worlds to accommodate each possible outcome. There are a few different theories about the existence of these other worlds. There are plenty of physicists out there who would tell you that this parallel you is a real person, inhabiting a world that is no less real than ours. But it’s also the stuff of modern science. It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi novels, and it is, mine included. Until today, when she decided to go on Facebook instead of reading this post.
A person who, so far, has done everything that you’ve done. Your version. Is she the only version? Or is there a copy of you out there somewhere, a person who is not you, but who shares your DNA and lives on a planet that looks and feels just like yours. Let’s think about that version for a second.
#PARALLEL UNIVERSE THEORY SERIES#
When you think about it, your day has been a series of tiny and not-so-tiny decisions. How many of them have altered the course of your existence? Would your whole life have changed if you’d just left for school five minutes earlier? It’s hard to know, since you only get to live this one version of things. Whether to say yes to that workout or no to that date. The choices you’ve made. What time to get up. It’s Parallel Week here on Story Crush – in honor of the release of Parallelby Lauren Miller! All week long we have guest posts from Lauren and look out for a big giveaway on Thursday! To start the week off, here is our first post from Lauren:
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