{"id":236836,"date":"2026-05-09T11:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/the-multiverse-is-real-just-not-in-the-way-you-think-it-is-sean-carroll"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:02:50","slug":"the-multiverse-is-real-just-not-in-the-way-you-think-it-is-sean-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/the-multiverse-is-real-just-not-in-the-way-you-think-it-is-sean-carroll","title":{"rendered":"The Multiverse is real. Just not in the way you think it is. | Sean Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2bZi3Xm9tJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/membership\/?utm_\">https:\/\/bigthink.com\/membership\/?utm_<\/a>\u2026 What do physicists actually mean when they talk about the Multiverse? Sean Carroll explains.<\/p>\n<p>Up next, Michio Kaku: The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensions \u25ba \u2022 Michio Kaku: The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensi\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Multiverse is having a moment. From \u201cRick and Morty\u201d to Marvel movies, the idea that our Universe is just one of many has inspired countless storylines in recent popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>Why is the Multiverse so compelling? To theoretical physicist and philosopher Sean Carroll, one reason is that we\u2019re drawn to wondering how things might have turned out differently. What if you had chosen a different career path? Married someone else? Moved to a different city?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there\u2019s obviously no guarantee that you\u2019re living out those alternate timelines in a different universe. But there are real scientific reasons to think that the Multiverse exists. And as Carroll explains, that possibility comes with some fascinating philosophical implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https:\/\/bigthink.com\/membership\/?utm_\u2026 What do physicists actually mean when they talk about the Multiverse? Sean Carroll explains. Up next, Michio Kaku: The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensions \u25ba \u2022 Michio Kaku: The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensi\u2026 The Multiverse is having a moment. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}