If the theory of infinite universes is true, as suggested in several ideas about the multiverse, then you might think that all possible outcomes are true as well, including those that depend on the choices you make. Say for instance, in one universe you're a billionaire because of good decisions you made, and in another you're a serial killer because of bad ones. This cannot be true because choice is not a dimension of space. Physical causation happens outside of free will, thereby voiding it of having a parameter that affects reality. It's true that there are physical parameters that can affect the choices you make, but your will is not linked to them. The forces of will are bound to whatever inner circumstances you face, through your thoughts and emotions, and not the circumstances of the real world. It's true that you could be a billionaire in one universe and a serial killer in another, but it's not a guarantee. It's also true that the sequence of potential choices we can make under any given circumstance is infinite, thereby justifying the claim that humans are living infinite lives in parallel worlds. However, this can't be true, because you would not always make a different decision simply because one single variable is different about your universe from another. Would you choose to climb a mountain simply because the cosmological constant in your universe is different from another one? Probably not. The only way this could work is if choice were a dimension; if there were an infinite amount of universes set up for every decision you make and every molecule you interact with. It doesn't seem likely, since consciousness isn't a dimension of space and space doesn't bend to the will of the mind in the same manner as physical forces.
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