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A Zero-Sum Game
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Young_Gilgamesh lemmy.world Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.world
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What if I told you we don't actually exist?
Okay, now that I made you upset, let me try to explain.

Scientists wonder why is there more matter in the universe than antimatter? If we are to trust math and science, when the universe began, an equal amount of matter and antimatter should have been created. Matter and antimatter annihilate each other upon contact, so after they are created, they almost instantly return to being energy. But that's not the case. The universe isn't made of light, and we are actually here right now, made of matter. So what gives?

Imagine the moment when it all began, the Big Bang. At that moment, all energy was compressed into a singular point. So, we could say that all matter in the universe was "touching" at that time. Now, imagine that at that very moment, more than one universe was created (at least two), and the matter and antimatter were "bleeding" between the universes. That would explain the matter/antimatter imbalance. There is no imbalance, because there is just as much matter as antimatter, it's just separated between multiple universes.

Now, let us go even deeper. You can have an infinitely large number, and an equal negative number. A person would say "Well, there are two numbers, one positive and one negative", when in reality there is just one number and it is zero, split into two equals. But if that is true, then there actually isn't something instead of nothing. It's just nothing split into multiple equal parts. It still equals zero. And if that's true, then even if this universe ends, there are infinite chances for infinite other universes in which infinite scenarios in infinite setups will happen infinitely. And it still equals 0.

If matter and antimatter balance out across universes, what about entropy? Could entropy itself be a local imbalance in this grand zero-sum game, rising in one universe while falling in its twin? It is a distinct possibility, although I personally don't think that's true. What I think is much more likely is that what we call "entropy" is actually just one vector of an infinite number of vectors originating from one point and pointing in every direction.

For this theory to work there would have to be at the very least two universes. No less. But it could actually be an infinitely large number. In any case, if there is more than one universe, this theory would be true. Or at least extremely plausible.

If existence itself is balanced zero, then maybe ā€œIā€ am not a fixed thing but a fleeting fluctuation. A temporary peak in a virtually infinite sea of balancing forces. And maybe free will is just the illusion created by seeing one side of the coin. Maybe there are infinite sides to this coin. Maybe there are infinite coins?

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