I felt like I was
in a parallel universe of the fashion industry.
But
in the parallel universe of «The West Wing» on NBC, Democratic President Josiah Bartlet goes for another four years on Nov. 5.
At times in reading it, I found myself wondering if archivists are another profession
in a parallel universe of discourse from lawyers, as I have written about engineers.
This trend is even playing out
in the parallel universe of enterprise software — Slack is the greatest example there.
Not exact matches
One popular understanding
of the Big Bang suggests that our
universe is one
in a «multiverse»
of infinite
parallel universes.
In August, I compared the coverage
of the Republican nominee for president
of the United States to Stranger Things, the Netflix show about a dark and dangerous
parallel universe called «the Upside Down.»
Peoples» attention has been distracted into speculation about
of how they might get rich
in a
parallel universe that might exist
in theory — if one accepts the narrow - minded assumptions that are being taught — but whose most important real - world consequence is to impose a debt spiral on America and other nations.
Have you ever head
of the
parallel universe theory
in cosmology (which makes certain equations work out better)?
NAZI counterparts who claimed that «there are an infinite number
of parallel universes»; based
in the notion that probabilities are deterministic.
In the past, if you spoke
of parallel universes you would be considered crazy.
I do firmly believe that living
in a «
parallel universe» where the pain
of reality does not exist, can be immensley helpful.
Haven't you heard
of the
parallel -
universe interpretation
of quantum mechanics, where many
universes simply self - destruct
in ignorance?
I meant 04
of course, but hey, who knows, maybe
in a
parallel universe, Bush won
in 08 as a write
in and
in 2012 we're at war with China and Australia and backed by our allies North Korea and Chile
in a bid to control the newly formed territory
of Middle Eastfrica and to avenge our fallen Icelandic comrades.
The alternative is to create a
parallel universe partying
in a faux Christmas confection
of jingle bells, dancing elves, and self - conscious bonhomie, avoiding the Incarnation
of God.
The real lesson
of this episode, he suggests, «is that the
parallel universe of faith is now able to command equal time and political deference
in a constitutional system that we once assumed was the historical product and the enduring province
of the rational mind.»
So either many
of that team see Tott as a stepping stone or else I'm living
in a
parallel universe.
In a parallel universe, Oxlade - Chamberlain could easily have been lining up at Dean Court in a horribly average Arsenal team featuring Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck in the attack, Granit Xhaka in the middle of the park and a bunch of inexperienced youngsters at the bac
In a
parallel universe, Oxlade - Chamberlain could easily have been lining up at Dean Court
in a horribly average Arsenal team featuring Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck in the attack, Granit Xhaka in the middle of the park and a bunch of inexperienced youngsters at the bac
in a horribly average Arsenal team featuring Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck
in the attack, Granit Xhaka in the middle of the park and a bunch of inexperienced youngsters at the bac
in the attack, Granit Xhaka
in the middle of the park and a bunch of inexperienced youngsters at the bac
in the middle
of the park and a bunch
of inexperienced youngsters at the back.
There was a time I feared there might exist some kind
of parallel universe where children actually enjoyed and willingly ate the vegetables adults put
in front
of them.
Tory MP and former Barclays banker Andrea Leadsom, who won praise from across the political spectrum for her questioning, asked Diamond if he lived
in «a
parallel universe to the rest
of the UK».
With community groups still spurning Cuomo despite his attempt to strongarm Democratic unity and win WFP support, the New York political world entered something
of a
parallel universe in which the governor and his allies act like Cuomo has always been a champion
of party unity and that the primary fight is about anything but progressive policy failures due to years
of a sanctioned Democratic split.
Later,
in «How to Survive the End
of the Universe» Michio Kaku discusses the theory
of infinite
parallel universes.
Ultimately, this demotes familiar notions such as randomness, complexity and even change to the status
of illusions; it also implies a new and ultimate collection
of parallel universes so vast and exotic that all the above - mentioned bizarreness pales
in comparison, forcing us to relinquish many
of our most deeply ingrained notions
of reality.
In his theory, the mathematical
universe hypothesis, he updates quantum physics and cosmology with the concept
of many
parallel universes inhabiting multiple levels
of space and time.
In one universe you see result A on the measuring device, but in another universe, a parallel version of you reads off result
In one
universe you see result A on the measuring device, but
in another universe, a parallel version of you reads off result
in another
universe, a
parallel version
of you reads off result B.
One hope is that it will create exotic particles like miniature black holes and sparticles, or supersymmetric particles, which would indicate the presence
of parallel universes in higher dimensions.
Finally, we hear from a scientist who exists
in a sort
of parallel funding
universe, where «the agencies... are not the kind that're - work and resubmit» mean a lot to.»
Another theory, rooted
in string theory, envisions a scenario
in which the Big Bang occurred as a result
of the collision between two
parallel universes floating
in higher - dimensional space.
But according to string theory, at small scales like a millimeter (1/25
of an inch), gravity might hop across higher dimensions and perhaps into other,
parallel universes, growing diluted
in the process.
When talking about
parallel universes, I find it useful to distinguish between four different levels: Level I (other such regions far away
in space where the apparent laws
of physics are the same, but where history played out differently because things started out differently), Level II (regions
of space where even the apparent laws
of physics are different), Level III (
parallel worlds elsewhere
in the so - called Hilbert space where quantum reality plays out), and Level IV (totally disconnected realities governed by different mathematical equations).
Finally, there's an anti-multiverse argument which I commend George for avoiding, but which is
in my opinion the most persuasive one
of all for most people: the
parallel universes just seems too weird to be true.
Editor's note:
In the August issue
of Scientific American, cosmologist George Ellis describes why he's skeptical about the concept
of parallel universes.
For everyone
in your echo chamber who flags a story as fake, the
parallel universe on the other side
of the hyperpartisan divide will mark it as true.
The multiverse turned into slightly more than just a hand - waving argument
in 2000, when Bousso and Joe Polchinski, a professor
of theoretical physics at the University
of California at Santa Barbara, found a mechanism that could give rise to a panorama
of parallel universes.
Steve: «The many worlds interpretation [asserts] that quantum measurement
in effect split the
universe into branches where all the different outcomes occur
in parallel, so your
universe can be local if copies
of you inhabit myriad unseen
parallel universes.
Another option involves a multiple -
universes model
of cosmology
in which you travel back
in time to a different but closely
parallel universe to our own, as portrayed
in Michael Crichton's novel Timeline, where the characters journey to another
universe's medieval Europe without worry
of mucking up our own chronology.
In the universe you occupy, you see only one of the possible results; the others occur in parallel universe
In the
universe you occupy, you see only one
of the possible results; the others occur
in parallel universe
in parallel universes.
I laughed and rolled my eyes at the quirks
of a tiny town that seems to exist
in a
parallel universe.
But I honestly wonder,
in the grand scheme context — what if
in an
parallel universe equal to my own, whatever percent
of black women were never married, but they were being taken care
of in a sugar daddy / sugar baby situation.
Dark Void is a sci - fi action - adventure game that combines an adrenaline - fuelled blend
of aerial and on - foot combat set
in a
parallel universe called «The Void».
In I'm Dying Up Here's attempts to reflect a diversity of experiences within the pursuit of creative satisfaction, it sometimes feels like everyone is working at the same club that's located in parallel universe
In I'm Dying Up Here's attempts to reflect a diversity
of experiences within the pursuit
of creative satisfaction, it sometimes feels like everyone is working at the same club that's located
in parallel universe
in parallel universes.
Unlike The Lobster, this doesn't exist
in a completely
parallel universe but more
of a cracked, heightened version
of our own.
Despite the fact that «Ant - Man» is rooted
in San Francisco, «Spider - Man: Homecoming» is an ode to the bridge - and - tunnel crowd, and «The Avengers» climaxes with a «Battle
of New York» that looks curiously like Cleveland, all
of these films still feel like glimpses into a
parallel universe made out
of plastic — a bizarro alternate timeline (complete with its own 9/11) where everyone has been reverse - engineered from their own action figures.
Some
of these songs could be
parallel universe versions
of Arab Strap tales; the scenes quite similar, but the perspective lightened, finding tender humor
in human intimacy that's tart but not bitter.
This isn't uncharted territory on screen — one might even view «Let the Sunshine
In» as a
parallel -
universe Nancy Meyers movie — but it's rare for stories
of older female singledom to turn the mirror inward quite so candidly.
Our Cartoon President, Season 1:
In this parallel cartoon universe, the Commander - in - Chief opens the White House doors for an «all access» look at a typical day in the life of the President of the United States.Don't miss the series premiere of Our Cartoon President Sunday, February 11th 8 PM ET / P
In this
parallel cartoon
universe, the Commander -
in - Chief opens the White House doors for an «all access» look at a typical day in the life of the President of the United States.Don't miss the series premiere of Our Cartoon President Sunday, February 11th 8 PM ET / P
in - Chief opens the White House doors for an «all access» look at a typical day
in the life of the President of the United States.Don't miss the series premiere of Our Cartoon President Sunday, February 11th 8 PM ET / P
in the life
of the President
of the United States.Don't miss the series premiere
of Our Cartoon President Sunday, February 11th 8 PM ET / PT.
Whatever happened
in that room — and guesses range from time machines to
parallel universes — Angela's allegiance to the Dark Army requires her to buddy up with Mr. Robot (Christian Slater), her best childhood friend Elliot's alternate personality, even though she knows very well that Elliot is trying to kill that side
of himself.
Narratively, MGS for Game Boy (catchily subtitled Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
in Japan) appears to exist
in some
parallel universe where the Zanzibar Land incident
of Metal Gear 2 never happened, meaning that this return to Outer Heaven takes place instead
of MGS» Shadow Moses Island conflict.
Set
in a
parallel universe called «The Void,» players take on the role
of Will, a pilot dropped into incredible circumstances within the mysterious Void.
For Dell (Justin Long) and Kimberly (Emmy Rossum), a meeting
in line for comet - watching at an LA cemetery (yes, really) might just turn out to be fate as we experience the relationship's less - than - auspicious beginning, middle and possible end — although you'll end up with a migraine if you try and piece any
of this timeline together thanks to
parallel universes, jarring time - travel sequences and a distinct lack
of logical structure offered by Comet.
But the more time she spends
in the magical world
of this
parallel universe, the more nightmarish it becomes.