As settings go, the multiverse is a damn sight more ambitious than most. Over the course of its 65 minutes, Nick Payne’s Constellations achieves a concise and clear-headed illustration of the implications of parallel universe theory on our understanding of free will.
The multiverse is made up of an infinite number of parallel universes, all of which, when taken together, encompass every possible sequence of events. At every junction that has several possible outcomes, each will occur in a separate parallel universe.
At first glance, it may look as though our actions in any single universe are determined. They must follow a set path in order that every possible outcome can occur. However, it’s possible to reconcile free will by saying that, in the individual moment, we make a free choice, but it also happens that elsewhere, other versions will freely choose otherwise, so that every possibility is exhausted.
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