The Multiverse—From Epicurus to Comic Books and Beyond

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy, Society & Culture, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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On this ID the Future, Discovery Institute senior fellow Andrew McDiarmid explores the roots of the idea that our universe is just one of many universes, an idea stretching back to the ancient atomists and given new life in the modern era, first by physicist Hugh Everett. McDiarmid then looks at how the idea percolated into comic books and from there into popular culture. He caps off the episode with a reading of a recent article about the multiverse hypothesis by Stephen Meyer, author of the recent bestseller, Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe. Meyer shows why some atheist scientists are attracted to the multiverse idea. As he explains, there is Read More ›

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0:00.0	I d the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design
0:12.4	Greetings I'm Andrew McDermott. Today we're taking a closer look at the multiverse theory.
0:18.0	I'll read a recent article about the multiverse by Dr Stephen Meyer,
0:22.0	and I'll share some of my own insights about the hypothesis
0:24.6	including how it got incorporated into comic books in the 1960s as a
0:29.7	storytelling technique and how recent popular entertainment is amplifying the idea today.
0:36.3	No doubt by now you've heard of the multiverse, either discussed in an article or book,
0:40.9	or perhaps on creative display in a movie or TV show.
0:44.0	It's the proposal that our universe may be just one of many universes,
0:48.0	perhaps an infinity of other universes in the Cosmos,
0:52.0	and that each universe looks different and has different properties and physical laws governing it.
0:57.0	It's a provocative idea, to be sure, imaginative, innovative, and interesting.
1:03.2	But before we get too excited about it,
1:05.1	we should want to know if it's scientifically viable
1:08.0	as a theory of universal origins.
1:10.5	The idea of many worlds is not a new one.
1:12.8	Throughout history there is evidence of natural philosophers, theologians,
1:16.9	and everyday people pondering the vastness of the universe
1:20.1	and the
1:23.0	universes
1:24.0	universes. Even the ancient Greeks debated the idea of multiple universes.
1:28.0	According to American astronomer,
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