Have you ever had happen to you what happened to the lead character? You have one memory if a past event. And the person who shared the event has a completely different memory? And you both KNOW you are each correct.
I have had this happen so many many times in my life. Too much to write it off to one party simply having an imperfect memory. It's not just a question of parallel (two) universes. It's infinite universes.
Science has gone down this road. Remember the Heisenberg Principal, where observing a thing changes a thing? Then, Schrodinger's Cat, where it is unknown whether the cat in the box is alive or dead, as in the cat is neither alive or dead, until the box is opened and the cat is observed (actually I always thought the smell would give it away).
Now add the idea that when the cat is observed, two timelines are spawned... one in which the cat is alive and one in which the cat is dead.
I tend to believe in these notions, partially because as noted, such discrepancies have happened to me so many times. But also because the universe is not "real" We are dreaming it. Thought is real. Reality is an illusion spawned by thought. And in an illusion anything is possible. The construct of time and space, and the paradox of the beginning of time or the end of time (and space) make more sense , because in a dream you can make up anything!
I have had this happen so many many times in my life. Too much to write it off to one party simply having an imperfect memory. It's not just a question of parallel (two) universes. It's infinite universes.
Science has gone down this road. Remember the Heisenberg Principal, where observing a thing changes a thing? Then, Schrodinger's Cat, where it is unknown whether the cat in the box is alive or dead, as in the cat is neither alive or dead, until the box is opened and the cat is observed (actually I always thought the smell would give it away).
Now add the idea that when the cat is observed, two timelines are spawned... one in which the cat is alive and one in which the cat is dead.
I tend to believe in these notions, partially because as noted, such discrepancies have happened to me so many times. But also because the universe is not "real" We are dreaming it. Thought is real. Reality is an illusion spawned by thought. And in an illusion anything is possible. The construct of time and space, and the paradox of the beginning of time or the end of time (and space) make more sense , because in a dream you can make up anything!