parallel world
Adjacent possible existence
A parallel world is an alternate reality imagined to exist alongside our own, often differing in history, physical laws, or outcomes of key events.
Science fiction explores parallel worlds where small changes—a war lost instead of won—create vastly different presents.
In physics, the concept appears in multiverse theories.
What if there's a parallel world where I made different choices?
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
- slidersSmall hamburgers or adjustable controls
- alternate universeHypothetical divergent reality
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- alternate realityHypothetical different version of existence
what if scenario · science fiction · through the looking glass · rabbit hole · fictional universe · fantasy land · pocket dimension · Middle-earth · utopian vision · Narnia · Oz · imaginary realm · Asgard · Westeros · imagination · Atlantis · quantum realm · doppelganger
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- franchisesfranchise, Star Wars, franchising, franchises, franchisor
- realmsrealm, kingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades
- unreal thingsillusion, delusion, fantasy, fiction, imaginary
- worldsearth, planet, realm, kingdom, dimension
parallel worldreality
What actually exists
this world · the here and now · physical reality · real world · waking life
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