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For many decades, a
small group of astronomers rejecting Einstein's "curved space" theory
have been positing that the universe is in fact literally infinite. Now
recent findings from the Allen Telescope Array in Palo Alto,
California, a battery of radio telescopes that monitors electromagnetic
emissions from outer space in the hope of finding evidence of
intelligent extraterrestrial life, is lending credence to their
previously discredited point of view.
As a corollary of
the infinite space hypothesis, adherents believe that the universe
contains an infinite number of galaxies, an infinite number of solar
systems, and therefore an infinite number of planets hospitable to
life.
Taking the concept to the extreme,
it is theoretically possible that there are an infinite
number of planets somewhere in the universe that are not only inhabited
by intelligent beings, but that by sheer coincidence have undergone
geological and biological evolution identical to Earth's in every way,
down to the slightest detail. And others have experienced evolution
identical to Earth's except for one, or two, or three, etc., major or
exceedingly minor differences.
For example,
according to the infinite universe, or IU, theory, there are an
infinite number of planets on which human beings identical to you are
leading lives identical to yours except that instead of reading a
bogus news story right now all your doppelgangers out there in space are
getting laid.
On a more concrete level, broadcasts
were received at the Allen Array on Thursday from a small blue planet
orbiting V838 Monocerotis, a star in the Crab Nebula. The emissions,
mostly the audio portions of television news programs, indicate that
this planet is perfectly identical to our home planet Earth in every
aspect except one: many millions of years ago a time traveler from the
distant future on our planet (Allen researchers have code-named him
"Ray") visited the Jurassic Era and, despite taking extreme precautions
not to disturb the environment and thus inadvertently influence
evolution, accidentally stepped on and killed a butterfly.
This minute change
in biological history had no effect on the development of life and the
human race except for changing the outcome of a future election in the
world's most powerful country.
On Earth's twin planet,
which did not experience this disruption of normal evolution, the Electoral College system was abandoned in 1928. Al Gore
was elected president of the US in 2000 and instituted policies that ushered in a
new era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, halving greenhouse gas emissions and raising the Dow Jones
Industrials Average to well over 15,000 by the end of his second
term in late 2008.
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