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Quantum Immortality (Theory)
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Hey, just thought this was interesting. I found out about it the other day and just thought it was a fantastic concept. EVERYTHING BELOW IS A COPY PASTE FROM [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] . howstuffworks .com/innovation/science-questions/quantum-suicide.htm JUST SO YOU KNOW
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A man sits down before a gun, which is pointed at his head. This is no ordinary gun; it's rigged to a machine that measures the spin of a quantum particle. Each time the trigger is pulled, the spin of the quantum particle -- or quark -- is measured. Depending on the measurement, the gun will either fire, or it won't. If the quantum particle is measured as spinning in a clockwise motion, the gun will fire. If the quark is spinning counterclockwise, the gun won't go off. There'll only be a click.

Nervously, the man takes a breath and pulls the trigger. The gun clicks. He pulls the trigger again. Click. And again: click. The man will continue to pull the trigger again and again with the same result: The gun won't fire. Although it's functioning properly and loaded with bullets, no matter how many times he pulls the trigger, the gun will never fire. He'll continue this process for eternity, becoming immortal.

Go back in time to the beginning of the experiment. The man pulls the trigger for the very first time, and the quark is now measured as spinning clockwise. The gun fires. The man is dead.

But, wait. The man already pulled the trigger the first time -- and an infinite amount of times following that -- and we already know the gun didn't fire. How can the man be dead? The man is unaware, but he's both alive and dead. Each time he pulls the trigger, the universe is split in two. It will continue to split, again and again, each time the trigger is pulled [source: Tegmark].

This thought experiment is called quantum suicide. It was first posed by then-Princeton University theorist Max Tegmark in 1997 (now on faculty at MIT). A thought experiment is an experiment that takes place only in the mind. The quantum level is the smallest level of matter we've detected so far in the universe. Matter at this level is infinitesimal, and it's virtually impossible for scientists to research it in a practical manner using traditional methods of scientific inquiry.

Pretty darn interesting huh?
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But you still pretty much die.. but your alive in a different universe created by the quantum space?
Kinda confusing..
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I thinks its just trying to say in another universe the opposite happens. Basically the multiverse theroum
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I think that there is another planet, in our universe, EXACTLY like ours with a DUPLICATE of each and every-one of us. As I am writing this RIGHT NOW so will he be. When I go to school tomorrow he'll go to school. The only difference is the name.
- Chocolate LegendzZz
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LaggyLegendz wrote I think that there is another planet, in our universe, EXACTLY like ours with a DUPLICATE of each and every-one of us. As I am writing this RIGHT NOW so will he be. When I go to school tomorrow he'll go to school. The only difference is the name.
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Sounds more like a parallel universe - maybe you should check the multi verse theory! In that case your theory here would be possible.
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Wow, M.I.N.D I.S B.L.O.W.N.
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LaggyLegendz wrote I think that there is another planet, in our universe, EXACTLY like ours with a DUPLICATE of each and every-one of us. As I am writing this RIGHT NOW so will he be. When I go to school tomorrow he'll go to school. The only difference is the name.
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I find this to be highly false.. There has to be other life forms out in the universe you would be crazy if you thought there wasn't they could be way ahead of us in intelligence or way behind us or could be a completely different species.. Their is just no way of knowing right now and it will probably stay that way for a very long time
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