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Welcome to Top10Archive!
Have you ever read or seen something that
just completely blew your mind?
You know, those moments where your world is
completely turned upside down.
Well, I’ve had ten of those recently.
I was doing my usual searching of the interwebs
when Marvel’s multiverse landed me down
a winding road of real theories that have
me rethinking what I know to be true.
Now I’m going to take you down the same
mind-bending journey, but before I do, consider
clicking that subscribe button and hitting
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After the video, should you still be able
to comprehend the world that surrounds you,
give it a like and be sure to comment with
your own incredible theories.
Really, go to town with your own concepts!
10.
Eternalism
As we live our lives, we do so in the present.
We consider the past and future as things
that either no longer exist in the world or
will exist.
That’s the philosophy of presentism, that
only the present is real.
Eternalists believe differently and claim
that all three aspects of time are real and
exist regardless of our inability to interact
with them.
Essentially, the future is a fixed element
that isn’t altered by our actions.
Which… kind of makes everything seem kind
of pointless, no?
9.
Phenomenalism
You know that keyboard you’re about to type
a comment to me on?
That doesn’t exist.
And the computer screen you’re watching
me on?
Also doesn’t exist.
They’re simply a perceived phenomenon based
on the sensory stimuli we apply to them.
For instance, you perceive the keyboard to
be hard and smooth, but it doesn’t exist
as a tangible object.
Its existence is based on what some would
call “sense-data,” or the properties applied
to it.
8.
The Many-Worlds Interpretation
If you read comic books, chances are you know
a bit about the many-worlds theory.
It basically states that every possible outcome
and event that could exist does in its own
universe.
When you make a decision, according to the
theory, multiple universes are created.
One follows your decision while the other
plays out had you chosen differently.
So, there’s a universe out there with a
version of you that didn’t spend the past
four hours on YouTube.
And there’s one where Archive writer, Mark,
finished his degree and is running his own
publishing company.
Oh, stop it Mark.. you know you love it here!
7.
Retrocausality
Though he wasn’t the first to consider it,
in January of 2011, Dr. Daryl J. Bem of Cornell
expanded the concept of precognition and sought
to prove retrocausality with his paper Feeling
the Future: Experimental Evidence for Anomalous
Retroactive Influences on Cognition and Affect.
So you don’t have to break out the dictionary,
the paper discussed the experiments performed
by Bem to prove that events in the future
could affect a person in the present.
Truth be told, this one is still blowing our
minds…
6.
Chaos Theory
In the words of the great mathematician Ian
Malcolm, “a butterfly can flap its wings
in Peking and in Central Park you get rain
instead of sunshine.”
Sure, The Butterfly Effect is just one principle
of the broader Chaos Theory, and arguably
the most well-known, but it helps pinpoint
the basis of unpredictability.
The multiple principles of Chaos Theory – unpredictability,
order and disorder, mixing, feedback, and
fractals – all paint the bigger picture
that, in a sense, says the more we understand
the chaotic and unpredictable nature of the
world, the more we can survive and thrive
within it.
(But wait, wouldn’t movement toward understanding
chaos and the unpredictable actually then
add to more chaos and unpredictability?
Ohhh, my brain started to hurt again!
Let’s move on.)
5.
Simulation Hypothesis
It’s right there in the name – everything
you know and everyone you love is all a part
of one big artificial simulation.
It’s a reality you’ve seen unravel in
films like The Matrix and Total Recall, but
Simulation Hypothesis has real-world roots
dating as far back as the 4th century BC.
Based on the theory, we are essentially one
large game of The Sims.
Wait a second… didn’t the Cats & Dogs
expansion for The Sims 4 come out around the
same time I got a new dog?
Oh… that’s creepy.
4.
Clashing Branes Theory
According to Clashing Branes, the universe
is just a floating membrane caught in some
higher dimension of space.
An offshoot of String Theory, Clashing Branes
claims there are extra dimensions of space,
one of which we exist within.
Occasionally, it crashes into neighboring
universes, creating a new “big bang”-like
event.
Much like with the original Big Bang theory,
Clashing Branes claims that with each collision,
a new universe is created, which lends to
the possibility of an infinite amount of universes.
So long as ours doesn’t just cease to exist
one day, of course.
3.
Copenhagen Interpretation
According to 20th-century physicist Niels
Bohr, quantum particles exist in every possible
state.
So why, when we observe particles, are they
always in one solid state?
According to the Copenhagen Interpretation,
when we observe the particle, it’s forced
to take on one form.
When we observe it again, it’ll be in a
different state.
It’s a similar concept to the many-worlds
interpretation, but rather than existing in
multiple universes, until observed, the object
exists in every state in one universe.
Chances are you’ve heard of Schrodinger’s
cat?
Well, the concept of the cat existing in both
a state of life and death falls right in line
with the Copenhagen Interpretation.
2.
The Big Freeze
Hey kids, want to hear one insane way the
universe may end?
It’s called The Big Freeze and if you believe
the universe is ever expanding, then you’ll
want to pay close attention.
According to theory, the universe will reach
a state where it can no longer sustain the
break down of energy and matter.
With no more room for usable energy – in
this case, heat – the universe will cease
motions and we’ll all enjoy a drastic drop
in temperatures until life is no longer sustainable.
1.
Fictional Realism
According to fictional realists, theoretically,
Batman does exist.
So do Pokémon and John Snow and Spider-Man
and… well…
every other fictional character and place
you could possibly think of.
What really drives the philosophical theory
of fictional realism is existentialism.
What defines existence?
Isn’t the concept of the United States the
same as, say, the concept of Tatooine?
Both exist as an idea collectively agreed
upon by many people, right?
… I’m…
I’m actually asking.
My brain is so tired from this list…
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