universe
What if someone told you that there is more than one universe? That there are a infinite number of universes and that each universe is different by one or more factors. For example in a parallel universe we are all flying around in our cars or that the car was never invented. Would you believe that this could be true? That there is a infinite number of universes and we inhabit only a single possibility within many? What would this mean to us if it was true? How would it shape our view of the world and our place in it?
I would say that no matter how solid the evidence that most would not believe it was true. That the fear of a ever changing reality with a never ending possibilities would just be too much to handle at once (even if it was true). I would imagine that they would seek to disprove the idea by attacking the people who have found the evidence and then with no empirical proof give their own interpretation.
The reason I say this is because of history. Look at how evolution is treated in many people's mind. And that is not nearly as mind blowing as saying that there is a infinite number of universes and ours was created by the rubbing of other universes which created the big bang. And thus ultimately there is a infinite number of you's that differ by one factor or more. Think back to a decision you made that could have gone either way and in a parallel universe you did go the other way. And then that brings up the why's of you. It could be said that you are you because of a set of outcomes that have brought you to the point that you are now and that you are different if any of those outcomes were different. Well we will just have to wait and see if the scientist at the LHC find.
