The Fate of the Multiverse
One fine morning, a young man was walking through Highland Park in Minnesota. His eye was drawn to a perfectly shaped walking stick. Picking it up, he used it as a saber, slashing at the bushes around him. Bored, he tossed the stick into the forested area out of his view. “Ouch” a voice cried. The young man, fearing the worst, ran through the forest to offer help. There he came upon a soothsayer. He recognized the woman as a soothsayer because he had seen images of them in books and movies. Still he was surprised to find one in Bloomington Minnesota. “Gee I am really sorry I hit you with the stick”, the young man apologized. “You are not quite what I expected” the old woman said. “I expected you to have fewer freckles, like your other counterparts.” “Counterparts, what counterparts?” The soothsayer was amazed that the young man had never heard of the multiverse. The woman explained that the multiverse was the great exp...