Wrap Your Mind Around This One Spock…

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The fundamental precepts behind quantum mechanics, that particles can exist in the same state anywhere at anytime (and that they only take on the characteristics we see when we look at them) leads to some very interesting, and possibly outlandish, theories about alternative universes. Scientific American’s latest issue tackles the concept of the “multiverse:”

The word “multiverse” has different meanings. Astronomers are able to see out to a distance of about 42 billion light-y...