Infinity is a hard concept to grasp. Because, well, it’s infinite. If you need help grasping it, watch this video that gives a run down on the infinite hotel paradox:
But combine infinity with the concept of parallel universe and the the possibilities are endless (and really fun to think about). I giggle every time it comes up in some show or movie. Like when Sheldon mentions what he’s doing:
In order to inspire you to think about the possibilities, I bring to you 10 things I’m doing in these alternate realities:
1.
Everything is the same but I have short pink hair. Given everything else is the same, my hubby is having some combo of a heart attack/brain aneurysm because I always said I would never, ever, ever cut my hair short and pink is my least favorite color.
2.
Humanity never went through the dark ages, and advancements in technology and society progressed much more rapidly, so we inhabit multiple space stations and have terraformed Mars, and I am the supreme ruler of it all. I think I’d still be doing exactly what I’m doing right now. Having a coffee and writing.
3.
Everyone throughout human history is the opposite gender. Everyone. Every single person. So right now, I’m getting yelled at for leaving the seat up. Just kidding… the seat, including the cover, should ALWAYS be down to prevent the little bacteria particles from getting everywhere. Even if I was a guy, I feel like I would still know that, still be grossed out by it, and still put the seat and lid down every time.
4.
Most things are the same except that I moved back to Long Island shortly after graduating from college. In that case, I’m eating a delish bagel right about now.
5.
The planets all orbit the Sun in the opposite direction. And the Earth rotates on its axis the other way. Which means as I write this, the Sun is going to come in shortly on the opposite side of my house and well… yeah, that’s it.
6.
I don’t drink coffee. No, no, no… I can accept many things about parallel-Adeena except that.
7.
Sometime in my youth, I started a new religion that unites the world. I couldn’t help it, but people kept donating money to me. I kept trying to give most of it away to help people, and it helped, and I’m still left with enough to live pretty well. Therefore, I’m about to take my morning swim in my specially designed lap pool.
8.
I guess if I’m good in some universes, then the opposite must be true in others. Sometime in my youth, I became an evil genius bent on taking over the world. I didn’t quite succeed, but I became disgustingly rich from the technologies I created. Therefore, I’m about to take my morning swim in my epically designed waterfall lap pool that is the envy of all the other disgustingly rich people out there.
9.
There would have to be at least one where I did NOT smack my knee and foot simultaneously into the edge of my bedpost, leaving me with a disturbing knee pain days later.
10.
In half of them, you’re still reading this blog I wrote and in half of those one of these items is different from this list. In another half, two items are different. In another half, three. And so on.
If you’re a writer like me, then you might see the value of thinking about parallel universes as an answer to the question “what if?” that helps generate writing ideas. Unfortunately, I don’t see any best-seller list ideas out of this particular list, although they were still fun to think about. Except the one where I consider not having coffee. That would be the worst universe ever…
If you have some free time, and a lot of free space in your brain, and want to know more about parallel universe theory, here are some links. Keep the ibuprofen close.
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