Baby/parallel universes

[calicoco]

Could a sufficiently advanced civilization create a wormhole to a parallel (or baby) universe and escape into it? Could they do this to escape the heat-death of this universe, as Michio Kaku suggested? Or is there some fundamental reason why not (such as different physical constants in the other universe)?

 

[robnissen]

Let me see, could an unknown, maybe-fictional advanced civilization build an unknown, maybe-fictional wormhole to escape into an unknown, maybe-fictional parallel universe that might operate under unknown maybe-fictional physical laws.<br /><br />Sure, why not. And on a related topic, exactly 1,395,622 angels may dance on the head of a pin.

 

[kyle_baron]

First of all, I wouldn't be so sarcastic. Michio Kaku is a highly respected physicist. And he's talking about completely isolating our 4 dimensional space-time, thru gravity waves in all directions. This theoretically, could pinch off and isolate a volume of spacetime from the rest of the universe. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="4"><strong></strong></font></p> </div>

 

[ashish27]

why not, for an advanced civilization nothing is impossible.

 

[kyle_baron]

Nicely done. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="4"><strong></strong></font></p> </div>

 

[dragon04]

If one tries to imagine the "shape" of a black hole (and to visualize this, one must see a BH without an accretion disk), to me, a 4th physical dimension is implied.<br /><br />I don't find the notion of a "baby universe" to be an implausible notion by any means.<br /><br />As a side note, I've read some of Dr. Kaku's books. He makes some very compelling arguments. His word is not one that I would blithely discount. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>"2012.. Year of the Dragon!! Get on the Dragon Wagon!".</em> </div>

 

[brellis]

How does the concept of 'exploding black holes' work in this scenario? Is it possible that we see a web of 'baby universes'? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#ff0000"><em><strong>I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better.</strong></em></font> </p> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

Napolean said so.

 

[dragon04]

<font color="yellow">How does the concept of 'exploding black holes' work in this scenario? Is it possible that we see a web of 'baby universes'?</font><br /><br />I don't know that there could <b>be</b> such a thing as an "exploding black hole".<br /><br />CMBH's at the center of every observable galaxy haven't exploded.<br /><br />Can any BH have a "critical mass"? If we believe the Big Bang theory, I'd have to say yes. But the physics required to even have an opinion is way beyond me.<br /><br />If BH's open up "baby universes", how do they do it? That would imply that some force outside "normal" 4 dimensional space time allows or compels a singularity to emit <b>mass</b>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>"2012.. Year of the Dragon!! Get on the Dragon Wagon!".</em> </div>

 

[vandivx]

IF such a phenomenon as wormholes exist and IF parralel universes exist and IF there actually is such an event as heat-death of our universe then a sufficiently advanced civilization by definition would be able to do what you say because "sufficiently advanced" means just that, that is such a civilization could do whatever is possible with whatever exists<br /><br />vanDivX <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[calicoco]

But wouldn't a parallel or baby universe have different physical constants from ours? If so, wouldn't that mean that we would be destroyed once we entered it?