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Parallel Universe Video

Sliding Doors (1998)

This movie was about a woman named Helen who comes across a parallel universe. From an incident at the subway she becomes two different lives. In one she finds her fiance cheating on her, leaves him and finds another guy, James. When in her other world she goes home and never knows that her fiance is cheating on her. Eventually the two worlds collide and her new life dies. While in the other life she leaves her fiance and finds James again. This movie was the perfect example of parallel worlds.

"Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives"

The following movie was a documentary done by Mark Everett, the son of the famous Hugh Everett. Hugh Everett came up with the idea of parallel universe in quantam mechanics, however his idea was never recognized because no one believed this was possible. In this documentary Mark goes on a journey to find more information about his father, his idea, and what his life was about. At 19 his father passed away and during his childhood his family was always distant, so growing up wasn't particularly easy. As going to the college he attended and finding more and more facts about his father he is fascinated that he understands his theory and will continue to pursue what his father's dream was.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/manyworlds/

"Many Lives in Many Worlds"

In the article, "Many Lives in Many Worlds" it described the idea of Hugh Everett's "Parallel Universe." Max Tegmark believe however that once you believe in Quantam Mechanics then you must believe in parallel universe as well. Parallel Universe is the idea that you your in two places at one time, two worlds. A very interesting yet complicated idea to grasp.

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