Max Tegmark - The Multiverse: Where Do We Go from Here?

The stunning realization that there may be multiple universes has progressed from speculative metaphysics (or science fiction) to serious theoretical cosmology to data-rich observational cosmology to majority-accepted conventional wisdom. Yet challenges remain and questions abound.

Max Erik Tegmark is a Swedish-American physicist, cosmologist and machine learning researcher. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the president of the Future of Life Institute.

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[catherinemoore]

Max carries his name to perfection. Maximum enthusiasm, maximum energy and maximum brain power. ⚡💪

[TimBitts]

I was watching this same video, in another Universe. Decided to drop by. 👽

[Ed-quadF]

How I love Max's take on reality. Every time I watch a vid he's so excited about the possibilities. And he understands...Maybe, Maybe Not, Don't know yet.

[HeidiPfeiler-qo]

Max Tegmark verdient außerordentlichen Respekt! Er ist einer der besten und kompetentesten Astrophysiker!!!

[sujok-acupuncture]

Max has given maximum clarity on multiverse. We should give max a grand party in this universe.

[healingplaces]

It is. It is wonderful to have a grande reality.

[nasirfazal]

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[clownworld-honk]

Maybe I've slipped into a parallel universe. The one I was in before had Tegmark without a pot belly! 😮

[makedaily]

This is precisely what I've been searching for! This content is pure gold! › "Challenges are stepping stones to self›discovery."

[pindexter]

why are we considering multiverse in the first place ?

this seems like a distraction quite frankly.

aren't there still unanswered questions about OUR universe and is it possible multiverse proponents are seeking refuge from their failed hypotheses ?

excellent interview btw !

[TerryBollinger]

After careful consideration, I agree fully with Max Tegmark in the infinity of other universes where he is adamant that the multiverse is experimentally-empty nonsense.

[henrikwolter]

So how would we know that this is the grand reality? -and not another branch.

Like the simulation hypothesis 🤷🏼‍♂️

[jamesruscheinski]

how would multiverse develop from mathematical structure / law or time and gravity?

[showmewhyiamwrong]

With respect to Many Worlds Theory here is what I cannot reconcile. If Energy must be conserved then here is the issue I have: If the Quantum Wave Function of the Universe is Finite and hence has a Finite amount Energy and if the individual Branch Worlds Share must that Energy “Ad Infinitum”then there is a paradox. Since as the branch worlds energy state must approach Zero as the Branching approachs Infinity then this infers that The Energy state of the Initial Wave function must have been Zero in order to satisfy the conservation of Energy, but if this is true then where did the Energy come from to create the Branch worlds to begin with. It defies Logic. You should not be able to start with nothing. Create something to Infinity and end up with Nothing. What am I missing??

[meesalikeu]

i wonder what cozy hotel pub they are filming this in? although this interview may have been filmed in a multiverse as i see kuhn is finally wearing some color today instead of religious black, but yay.

[kylebowles]

Level 1 multiverse maybe if the universe is infinite, but the rest are just an interpretation of probability: do you really roll 6 die every time that land on every nunber, or is probability nothing more than a way of quantifying potential outcomes?

[bowieupland]

"The Multiverse is a prediction of a theory". So in other words... faith.

[dmitrysamoilov]

The mathematical nesting doll has to be inside a potential-for-language nesting doll

[bobcabot]

i always thought we shouldnt be too much entrapped into what we see and measure as the only guiding reference to our perception as truly the only insight outside of our brains since the Universe itself could be the pattern to that mind we still discover...

[greyhairsoft]

How about considering the Monte Carlo model in 3D (cubed).

I believe this solves everything...the crux is what started the first data point?