Up All Night

[mistersleepless]

Think about something tonight. Go out under the stars, and think about this

Comments

[martinhesselius]

::Nod nod::
Scientific American's take on such.

[mistersleepless]

Which is what inspired the idea.

[martinhesselius]

::Grin:: I wondered.
And you startled me by replying!
::Back to lurking for me::

[newbabel]

Great post, sir. Thanks for sharing it.

Years ago, I had written a love letter to a woman with this very theme, and I included with it a pocket watch that I had promised would keep running so long as some version of us remained together in the cosmos. Wherever she is, I'm sure that clock marches inexorably on.

Thanks for bringing back such a sweet memory.

Re: indeed.

[mistersleepless]

Going out for a smoke myself.

This idea may prove to be the basis of a new graphic novel series. Need to think more.

Re: indeed.

[nerd_king]

I did a short story on a fairly similar theme a while ago. It was called "Different lives" and it was about a guy who tried to kill himself, but he became like a quantum ghost, exploring the other worlds. In the other worlds he is a happy, successful guy, buy he's an abusive womanising moron who never thought about anything in his life.

In the end he tells "god" or fate that he wants make it so the other guys turned out like him, even if it means that all the other hims live short, bitter lives.

At the end he wakes up after surviving the O.D. and remembers little, but is filled with a new sense of purpose and a strange understanding of possibilities.

[joshdahl]

Funny, I take solace not from knowing that some other me got it right.....

but from knowing that some other me fucked it up a lot worse than I did.

Cheers

[chromal]

Haha, I was thinking the same thing. In an infinite universe, there's probably a version of me that makes my life look good.

Besides infinite space, there's still the question of branching parallel universes, too. I wonder if physics will show that both states exist in a two-state branch, but one state splits off our timeline. Infinite space *and* branching, and we could have infinite earths *right here*.

[januarychill]

That is what I needed to hear most today, what I need most to believe.

[mistersleepless]

Would I lie to you?

[scottopic]

I think we're counting on it. Sometimes.

[martinhesselius]

You, my friend, remain a treasure.
(But answer your phone, for fuckall's sake! ;) )