Are ghosts the dead still wandering with little use or intent (or do they simply work for the civil service?) Joking aside, the popular perception of ghosts is that they are dead people. But what if we're actually seeing people who slip in and out of our universe from an alternate one. Either by intention or accident, are people crossing over? Can we see into other universes? These are the big questions that paranormal and science fiction writers work with. But now, there is growing interest in the notion of alternate universes among another group: physicists.
Many people have heard the term string theory--that the universe is arrange on a series of strings. But among a growing number of physicists, there is a new idea called M-Theory. "M" stands for membrane and refers to the idea that our universe is separated by other universes by membranes, or "branes," as science calls them. The idea sprang from the realization that electrons can seem to be in two places at the same time, or at least they flicker back and forth into and out of existence as we know it.
The BBC's Horizon science series looked a M-Theory back in 2002. Today, there is still no complete formulation of M-Theory, which should describe branes as two- to five-dimensional objects, which are roughly 11-dimensional supergravity. I had to watch the Horizon program three times before I began to grasp a little of what physics is grappling with. If M-Theory is true and there are multiple universes beyond our own, floating about and bumping into one another like soap bubbles, the implications are immense for science and for how we narrate our lives and fears as artists.
So were ghost hunters right all along about supernatural spirits. Perhaps, but they may not be dead at all, just popping in from another universe for a quick visit.
In the next post I'll look at how there may be a duplicate of you in an alternate universe. Meantime, this blog is also in aid of promoting my new novel, Mayhem, which could can read for free on Wattpad or buy at Amazon's Kindle site.
Many people have heard the term string theory--that the universe is arrange on a series of strings. But among a growing number of physicists, there is a new idea called M-Theory. "M" stands for membrane and refers to the idea that our universe is separated by other universes by membranes, or "branes," as science calls them. The idea sprang from the realization that electrons can seem to be in two places at the same time, or at least they flicker back and forth into and out of existence as we know it.
The BBC's Horizon science series looked a M-Theory back in 2002. Today, there is still no complete formulation of M-Theory, which should describe branes as two- to five-dimensional objects, which are roughly 11-dimensional supergravity. I had to watch the Horizon program three times before I began to grasp a little of what physics is grappling with. If M-Theory is true and there are multiple universes beyond our own, floating about and bumping into one another like soap bubbles, the implications are immense for science and for how we narrate our lives and fears as artists.
So were ghost hunters right all along about supernatural spirits. Perhaps, but they may not be dead at all, just popping in from another universe for a quick visit.
In the next post I'll look at how there may be a duplicate of you in an alternate universe. Meantime, this blog is also in aid of promoting my new novel, Mayhem, which could can read for free on Wattpad or buy at Amazon's Kindle site.
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