New movie about infinite universe (and thus, multiple selves)

post by lukeprog · 2011-04-22T17:27:31.834Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 5 comments

Another Earth: Trailer.

Thought some might find this interesting.

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comment by jasonmcdowell · 2011-04-22T21:16:49.437Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I watched the trailer. The first thing I thought after I saw the other Earth in the sky next to the moon: "Uh oh. Is that going to screw up the orbits of the planets and kill everyone??"

comment by Manfred · 2011-04-22T20:07:47.882Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I do not see a way that this could be better than Doppelganger.

comment by Raemon · 2011-04-22T18:48:09.569Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Trailer's pretty vague, but that shot of the sky was pretty awesome.

Wonder if they'll address changes in the tides at all....

comment by Dr_Manhattan · 2011-04-22T18:16:03.914Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Well, Source Code was (a greatly enjoyable) mumbo-jumbo as far as science is concerned, but I think they were playing with MWI-type ideas.

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↑ comment by Pavitra · 2011-05-17T02:41:38.491Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

More like "if you run a computer simulation, the simulated world keeps existing after you turn off the simulator". It might help us get to the future by breaking some future shock, but it's not a meme we want to take with us when we get there.