How could I theoretically reach other dimensions in the multiverse if they exist? (continued)
Peter Bowman
Banksia Beach, Queensland, Australia
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In view of the success of Douglas Adams鈥檚 Infinite Improbability Drive, which allows instant access to all points of his universe, it seems to me that a little tweaking could produce a Totally Impossible Drive, which would provide access to other universes.
Edward Figaredo
California, US
A previous response (28 January) stated that physicist Paul Dirac would condemn this sort of theorising as 鈥渘ot even wrong鈥�. Perhaps Dirac used these words, but the phrase originated with Wolfgang Pauli, and in his native German was 鈥淒as ist nicht nur nicht richtig; es ist nicht einmal falsch!鈥�, meaning 鈥渢hat is not only not right; it is not even wrong鈥�.
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