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Sean Carroll on Many Worlds, Time, Entropy, and Human Meaning

This is not a defense of science fiction. It’s an explanation of why the multiverse keeps appearing — in physics, philosophy, and culture — and what it really does (and does not) mean for our lives. In this Grow In Ten explainer, we unpack Sean Carroll’s core argument from modern cosmology and quantum mechanics: Physicists don’t invent multiverses because they’re fun. They arrive at them reluctantly — because some of our simplest, most successful theories point there. But the multiverse we see in movies is not the multiverse of physics. Hollywood imagines all possible worlds, where you can meet alternate versions of yourself. Physics talks about specific, law-governed possibilities, predicted by equations — not wishes. You’ll learn: • why multiverse stories resonate emotionally as a way of coping with regret and uncertainty • the difference between pop-culture multiverses and scientific ones • how inflationary cosmology leads to radically different regions of space • what the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics actually claims • why “everything happens” is false — equations strictly limit what can occur • how quantum branching works — and why your choices don’t create universes • why personal identity across universes is like identical twins, not duplicated souls • how probability still makes sense even if universes are infinite • why physics does not eliminate responsibility, agency, or meaning The explainer then goes deeper — beyond the multiverse — into time, entropy, and emergence. We explore: • why the arrow of time exists even though the laws of physics don’t prefer past or future • how entropy explains memory, aging, and causation • why complexity arises because entropy increases, not despite it • how life “rides the wave” from low entropy to high entropy • what emergence means — and why people, choices, and values are real even in a physical universe Finally, Carroll tackles the hardest question: 👉 If the universe obeys impersonal laws, where does meaning come from? His answer is subtle but firm: Meaning doesn’t disappear when God or destiny leave the picture. It becomes something we construct, not something handed to us. Not because physics gives us purpose — but because, as finite agents with incomplete information, our choices genuinely shape the future we will experience. The takeaway: The multiverse doesn’t make your life insignificant. It puts it in perspective. You can’t change the past. You can’t control every possibility. But you can influence what comes next. And that’s where meaning lives.