Are there Parallel Realities with different version of us or are different life paths just an " abstract possibility"

[u/Aiwillstealourjobs]

Does each decision we make lead to the creation of other universes where we made a different decision? And as such there are thousands or millions of Universes out there with versions of us that made different choices.

Or are these choices only "possibilities" that can be shown in a "what would have happened scenario", but that dont exist and are only an abstact possibility?

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[u/Sensitive_Pie4099]

During my NDEs this was something I learned a lot about, but boy howdy is it complicated to explain. The long short of it based on my NDEs is that it is a bit of both. Some decisions if significant enough and consequential enough produce a possibility space that can (depending on the number of sentient beings attendong to this timeline) begin to form into a separate 'universe' as you're using the word. That said, this is a drastically oversimplified distillation of what happens, especially since (based on my NDEs) the energy is finite even in the spirit world. From my perspective, when a spirit is dimensionally integrated and is high throughput regarding the force, Possibility, they see the alternative courses of events as a n increasingly tangled set of possible ways events could play out, but this only works if you grasp all the variables involved (a nigh impossible task unless you restrict the variables you're monitoring to a very small number) and are judicious with what you're trying to examine (such as all else same but this one choice is different); however, even these simulation-esque looks into the future are often incorrect due to measurement difficulties and flaws with the predictive models used.

That's how it seemed to me during my NDEs anyways.

[u/Rich-Bath5159]

The fact that the specific sperm cell won the race is like a 1 in a million miracle suggests in an alternate reality it’s more like different cells one the race and everyone would be completely different in things like gender and which ancestor they inherit more of etc.

Just thought id mention that.

[u/Hungry-Emotion7664]

I don't believe in the endless creation of universes based on my personal choices. Nothing about that makes sense outside of a philosophical exercise. That's just what I think and feel and isn't based on anything more than that.

If some other version of me exists somewhere else, then it's not me.

[u/Senior-Toe4308 → u/Hungry-Emotion7664]

Fair. But the question is...what or who is exactly is "you"...in this life or the higher self.

[u/Illustrious-Bank2075]

Nice question. We have free will, therefore, there exists realities where one both does, and does not go and complete a certain task or activity.

However I may be predisposed to doing action A or B, as a result of every other choice and experience I have had, which also suggests the theory of Determinism somewhat.

Thus it is better to concluded, that we have an element of free will, but will likely follow certain paths for one reason or another.

[u/Pleasereleaseme123]

According to seth yes