Doctor Strange, the Multiverse, and the Measurement Problem

In Marc D. White (ed.), Doctor Strange and Philosophy. Wiley. pp. 151–163 (2018)
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In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), according to the Ancient One, magic is created by drawing energy from the other dimensions of the multiverse. This sounds like a concept from science fiction, but the idea that people are living in a vast multiverse is very possibly science fact. A recurring and especially important theme in Doctor Strange is the role that human beings are supposed to play in the universe. The concept of the multiverse is well established in the Marvel comics and has officially been introduced into the MCU, and the way it is introduced touches on central issues in the philosophy of physics. Quantum mechanics is hands‐down one of the greatest accomplishments of science. Understanding the apparent collapse of the wave function upon observation is the core of the measurement problem. There are different ways of explaining this, which are called “interpretations” of quantum mechanics.

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