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[Shad0]

Re: [BLOG] Noriko "Is 6 the number?"

[Cineball]

Shad0, are you implying that someone might be a fake? That could be interesting.

[lhall]

In the Codex, the Dikaiosune from the turn of the century (Jorge) had memories of his world, Gaea - our world, in other words. But he was still "wiped clean by the rivers of Lethe" or however the phrase goes. Not sure about the issue of his family, though.

From Ch. 19:

[DavFlamerock]

So it's not hard to believe that all 6 came from different world types. Just because the 6th is a Gaea doesn't mean that that amnesiac has to come from OUR Gaea world.

[dreamerblue]

I don't think there's any way to guarantee that, for example, every other Gaea world out there necessarily contains alternates of ourselves...what if my mom decided not to marry my dad? That would create an alternate world in which I did not exist. Thus, just because Jorge was from a Gaea world doesn't necessarily mean there would be people here who recognized him (thinking he was the Jorge from this world)...and he certainly doesn't mention having run into anyone here who recognized him.

[unagi]

Re: [BLOG] Noriko "Is 6 the number?"

[jasper]

I sort of think if your world had recently been dragged into the Neopangaea state, you're probably not participating in the multiverse olympiad or sending travelers to organize labyrinths in other worlds. Your culture has collapsed and the few remaining individuals are just trying to survive. Maybe there are only supposed to be 5 like the Olympic rings.

[Shad0]

Re: [BLOG] Noriko "Is 6 the number?"

[Cineball]

I understand how that could be the case, but what about Ariadne's vision of another world where she was working with Eli? That would imply that this same process is happening on multiple plains of the multiverse. We may be a linchpin, or we may just be one of many worlds on which the ring must be found. I also agree that we should take the six at face value until more evidence comes to light. I enjoy discussing theories as to Theo's identity, but that's not our main purpose, so we shouldn't get too tied up in that mystery. He'll reveal himself when the time is right.

[thebruce]

the one thing that's bugged me about traveling between parallel universes is this: Is there only one reality where these 6 traveled to our reality? In theory, every moment of our life essentally spawns a new parallel universe - either by a choice we make, or a choice someone else makes (though in this case, those endless realities 'recombine' if the immediate outcome of any 'branch' is the same, but nonetheless, it's still loads of realities). So, would there not be ... many ... more than 1 set f 6 that suddenly appears in our reality? what if in one, Ariadne had stopped for breakfast, making her arrive wherever later, and postponing her 'transport', so we'd have 2 Ariadnes? Apply that to any number of choices made throughout her life, and the other 5, then imagine how many of them, whose decisions still led to their transport here, would arrive here?

Now, in theory, you could add in the factor that, well, how many similar realities are there to ours? In the six's transport here, perhaps the universe 'chose' different realities for each of them to appear in, so there would be no individual duplication or overlap... so however many realites per agon that ended up in them crossing to another reality, are as many realities that exist with agons not from its own.

hee
I mean, if we're giving the universe some ..metaphysical power to decide when and how to cmpress the multiverse, I'd assume it would also have the ability to ensure there's no overlapping entities?

Also, are the populations of the 6 major continental 'limbs' of the multiverse entirely different? I think we're assuming there's only one Ariadne - or at least no Ariadne native to our reality?

I love thinking this much this early in the morning

[jasper]

[AUZ505]

The nice thing about parallel worlds is, that independent what we will do here (even wrong decisions), there will be one world where all things are done correctly. So there will be one world where we will sucessfully "save the worlds". So don't worry

[Cineball]

[DavFlamerock]

Well if it's done right, then I was under the impression that you would get some of their thoughts/knowledge/memories and they would get some of your thoughts/knowledge/memories as if you had synched up to get each other's knowledge (like an iPod!)