The first option for making statistical predictions in cosmology goes back to a paper by the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann in 1895. We found we could useBoltzmann brains as a toola way to decide among differing prescriptions for how to synchronize clocks. Unfortunately, the predictions we arrive at disagree violently with observations. The Linearverse is based on the concept of comic book time, whereby characters do not appear to age despite the comics being published for decades and the fictional world changing to reflect the real world. In many ways, the first option is the most agreeable to physicists, because it extends our well-established statistical techniques. But when we apply our rules for how to do calculations in an eternally expanding universe, we find that you should bet that you only slept for one year. Therefore, the theory conflicts with observation: It predicts that typical observers should see a completely blank sky, without stars, when they look up at night. It seems to contain a vast landscape of solutions, or vacua, each with its own values of the observable physical constants. Our own Earth, where superheroes exist only in fiction. In Boltzmann and Schuetzs theory, it would be far, far more likely to produce our solar system without bothering to make all of the other stars in the universe. The CW and Warner Bros. TV actually told a live-action version of Crisis on Infinite Earths that not only managed to touch on the vast majority of DC TV history, but A teenage Superman (Superboy) and his dog (Krypto) are Earth's first superheroes; later, home to the Superfriends, Super Soldier, Dark Claw and other "amalgamated" heroes. The DC Multiverse is a fictional continuity construct used in DC Comics publications. 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A number of worlds from the previous Multiverse were also reassigned; for example, Earth-31, originally the alternate Earth where Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder is set, is now occupied by post-apocalyptic waterworld analogues of Batman and other DC staples. Complex structures, including life, arise only when there are weird fluctuations. Its two main worlds, New Genesis and Apokolips, are mirror reflections of each other: New Genesis, the bright, glorious home ruled by Highfather, and Apokolips, the fiery, horrific home of the evil warlord Darkseid and his minions. Chloe Sullivan escaped to the main Earth of, This Earth was destroyed when it was torn apart in a collision with Earth-37, due to a Bleed quake caused by one of the Monitors, On this Earth, Clark Kent was a human superhero-wannabe, while Bruce Wayne was a psychopathic killer. Just when things were looking good, we encountered a conceptual problem that I see no escape from within our current understanding: the end-of-time problem. For example, we would like to predict what kind of particles make up the dark matter. We felt that we had learned how to tame the frightening infinities of the theory. He was a Ph.D student of Leonard Susskind at Stanford University and a postdoc under the guidance of Raphael Bousso at U.C. After the destruction of the multiverse in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three", the seven paragons were sent here by Pariah to keep them safe from the Anti-Monitor. Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three". At the next instant our delusions are extremely likely to be shattered, and we will discover that there are no other stars in the universe. In an infinite multiverse, physics loses its ability to make predictions. The Dawnbreaker, an evil Green Lantern version of Batman. Since we cant keep track of where all the molecules are, and anyway their positions change with time, we assume that any microstate is equally likely. But an important issue tends to go unnoticed in debates over the multiverse. first story: Superman: Earth One (December 2010)[82][84]. WebCrisis on Two Earths sees the Justice League teaming up with an alternate Lex Luthor to stop villainous variations of themselves. Suppose that you flip a coin and do not see the result. WebThe ending of Crisis on Infinite Earths had history rewritten so that there never was a multiverse, and instead there was just one universe that incorporated characters from Earths 1, 2, 4, S and X. In the first, one day no more babies are born, but every sleeper experiment that has begun eventually finishes. Variations of some of these worlds appeared in the 52 and New 52 Multiverses, which are also Hypertime realities.[1]. DC's decision regarding how to handle the fallout from Dark Crisis has set it on a path to thrive on the power of its greatest asset, the multiverse. The same can be said for Gypsy, as she took bags of coffee back with her when she returned to Earth-19. Then, you had parallel universes (like that of the Extremists) where the counterpart of Earth had a different name, as well as the realities of the Darkstars and Justice League series. Gotham Police Detective Bruce Wayne, who has been framed for murder, then becomes Batman and Barbara later assumes the Robin mantle while seeking revenge for her lover's death. These hopes now appear to have been hopelessly nave. More importantly, though, it set the precedent that is the inverse of DC's previous major franchise restructures. Residents include. Otherwise the system will never be able to explore all its states. Cosmologists generally assume it must have begun that way, but Boltzmann pointed out that, over the vastness of the eons, even a chaotic universe will randomly fluctuate into a highly ordered state. If the coin came up heads, the experimenters wake you up after one year. It has slightly over 2 billion inhabitants, although the reason for this slower global population growth is unclear. [215] Ezra Miller's Barry Allen from the DC Extended Universe makes a cameo appearance in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four". Characters shown in the television series, Intelligent anthropomorphic talking animals, protected by the superhero group the, Magical versions of several DC characters, The Wildstorm Universe, featuring characters such as, Utopian society where many deceased characters are still alive, "Forgotten" characters such as Merryman of the, A superhero community just starting out on a contemporary Earth, Alternate versions of Superman, Green Lantern, the Flash, and others, Pastiches of characters featured in rival publisher Marvel Comics', The New Reichsmen and the Freedom Fighters, Reversed-gender versions of DC Comics characters, including Superwoman, Batwoman, Wondrous Man, The Society of Super-Heroes, pulp versions of DC heroes, Aquawoman, Bat woman, the Question, Star girl, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Intelligent, anthropomorphic, talking animals, protected by the superhero group the. Common sense tells us that the odds for such a bet should be 50/50 if the coin is fair. The newest and most popular articles delivered right to your inbox! It is like a swirling cloud that, all of a sudden, just so happens to take the shape of a person. Our problems arise because the multiverse is an infinite expanse of space and time. In Infinite Frontier, it is identified as the remnants of the pre-Crisis Multiverse. Ben Freivogelis an assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam. The multiverse offers an answer. If a theory makes no predictions, it ceases to be physics. This is sciences version of the old philosophical question of First Cause. Dan Didio has since explicitly denied that New Earth is Earth-1. Superman and Supergirl do not exist on this universe's Earth. Mathematically, we can choose many different conceivable ways to synchronize clocks across these large regions of space, and these different choices lead to different predictions for what types of observations are likely or unlikely. This Earth is home to characters that first appeared in, Based on the Justice Lords' universe depicted in the. As a result, fans and editors would create other Earths to explain things like the Super Friends comic (set on what writers referred to as Earth-B[23]). Then we calculate what happens when the time becomes arbitrarily large. "Doc" Will Tornado invented a metal Justice League to be heroes for his Earth, such as Platinum Wonder Woman, Gold Superman, Lead Green Arrow, etc. In Boltzmann and Schuetzs theory, it would be far, far more likely to produce our solar system without bothering to make all of the other stars in the universe. It was a combination of modern multi-cultural sensibilities combined with Silver Age-style innocence. The only worlds listed here are Pariah's "prison worlds"; for all other Multiverse 2 worlds, see the original Multiverse. The only catch: Each of the DC Universe's core trinity of superheroes must face each of these Crises on their own and survive with the retrieved Crisis energy intact. Batman and Robin face exceptionally benign villains, Contains updated versions of characters and storylines present in, The Earth of the classic Superman and Batman films, as further depicted in the comics, Superman and Supergirl are Earth's only powered heroes; Batman's parents were killed by the Joker, Crossover characters from DC and Marvel Comics, Contains updated versions of characters and storylines present in the. Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One", during which it was destroyed by an anti-matter wave. We will need a revolution in our understanding of physics in order to make sense of the multiverse. Bousso, Stefan Leichenauer at Berkeley, Vladimir Rosenhaus at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, and I pointed out that these strange results have a simple physical interpretation: The reason that more sleepers wake up from short naps is that living in an eternally expanding universe is dangerous, because one can run into the end of time. 10 Batman Stories We Hope Are Never Adapted, 10 Greatest Losses From Marvel's AXE Judgment Day. Appeared as an alternate Earth in the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" tie-in comic. This Harrison Wells, known as Sonny Wells, speaks with an Italian accent. That should tell us the steady-state behavior. Crucially, the predictions do not depend on the initial conditions. In a box of gas, this finitude is guaranteed by the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. [228] This leaves open the question of how (or even if) the Pre-Crisis, Hypertime, 52 and post-Flashpoint Multiverses interact. Otherwise, we would be Boltzmann brains. This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 17:01. ", as well as "Post-Convergence, every character that ever existed, in either Continuity or Canon, is now available to us as storytellers.". He was a Ph.D student of Leonard Susskind at Stanford University and a postdoc under the guidance of Raphael Bousso at U.C. The superheroes of Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Three, Earth-X, Earth-S, etc. A theory of initial conditions would require a profound shift in the way physicists think. It is a compelling idea. Ben Freivogel is an assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam. Roughly, the procedure to make predictions goes as follows. (Justice League of America #29 (August 1964)) uses "Earth-3" and "Earth-Three" interchangeably. Established as an alternate universe in the season 2 finale. Crisis on Infinite Earths did exactly what Wolfman intended: by the end of the 12-issue series in 1986, DCs multiverse was no more, collapsed down to one reality, one Earth, and one coherent timeline. The first parallel Earth to be featured in DC Comics was visited by the Earth-Two Wonder Woman, who worked with her counterpart to battle the conqueror Duke Dazam. In this case we know how to make predictions, because after a while the multiverse forgets about the unknown initial conditions. But then were back to the problem of initial conditions. Unfortunately, the predictions we arrive at disagree violently with observations. If we leave the gas in the box for long enough, it will explore some unusual microstates. 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Superman, ended the, An Earth where the Justice League appeared in the 19th century, Kal-El's rocket landed in Kansas in the 1850s and he made himself known to the public at the 1876, Luthor is a war profiteer who is eventually executed for treason, An Earth where Dr. Moreau creates a Justifiers of the Law Anointed (Justice League of America), as well as Jack the Ripper, with his experiments, Moreau's assistant Ivo calls them the Just Lot of Animals, An Earth where Batman began his career in 1889 and fought against, Home of the clockwork city of Metropolis, where the Super-Man once fought Lutor and Bruss Wayne-Son took the alias of the Nosferatu. [80], cameo appearance: Trinity #52 (May 2009) The Justice Society of America did not disband in the 1950s, but became Justice Society International and created a mistrust of the heroes who would form the Justice League. The basic idea of how to make predictions in such a theory is simple. 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It later appeared in "Crisis on Infinite Earths" when. Writer Grant Morrison mentioned in interviews that "Doc Fate, a combination of Doc Savage and Dr. As it was mentioned in The Multiversity, this multiverse was destroyed by the Empty Hand. ", "Arrowverse's Post-Crisis Multiverse Was the Result of a 'Good Compromise', "John Wesley Shipp Talks Bringing Jay Garrick to DC's Stargirl", "Like everyone else on Earth Prime, Cisco believes -- incorrectly -- that the multiverse is gone. From time to time, people perform these sleeper experiments, except now the subjects sleep either for 1 year or for 100 years. For example. This experiment is unusual even by the standards of theoretical physics. Home to genetically engineered warriors bred to wage war against Lord Darkseid. He works on fundamental questions in gravity and cosmology. Although we cannot possibly keep track of the motion of all the individual molecules, we can make extremely precise predictions for how the gas as a whole will behave. This supposedly reduced the number of earths down to a far more manageable number. The main idea is to make probabilistic predictions. The ensuing nuclear war instantly vaporized 97% of all life on this Earth. Also known as Warworld. 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Appeared as the future of an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two". Its dangerous to take a long nap in the second option, because you might be killed by a meteor while sleeping. After another decade, though, DC once again has a massive number of parallel earths, with the Jurassic League, DC vs Vampires and more. But thats just because the conditions we are dealing with in cosmology are extreme, involving spans of times and volumes of space that are outside human experience. Politically, Earth-Two was different from the Earth-One template modeled after Earth-Prime. [30] Each of the alternate universes have their own parallel dimensions, divergent timelines, microverses, etc., branching off of them. (Earth-9602)[18] Our universe is intricately structured, so it is analogous to a gas that clusters in one corner of a boxa state that is far from equilibrium. It's a direct answer to DC's previous innovations while carefully managing where its stories may go in the future and embracing the strength of the Elseworlds brand. [216], At the end of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", a new multiverse was created, notably merging Earth-1, Earth-38, the Earth of Black Lightning, and the original Earth-2 into the new Earth-Prime as well as creating a new Earth-2. Once we realized this, it became clear that this end-of-time effect was an inherent characteristic of the recipe we were using to calculate probabilities, and it is there whether or not anyone actually decides to undertake these strange sleeper experiments. These infinities lead to paradoxes and puzzles wherever we turn. The New 52 and Convergence restored the Pre-Crisis Multiverse; all Pre-Crisis Earths below 52 are spelled out (i.e., Earth-Three), realities from the 52 Multiverse use a hyphen (Earth-3), and realities from the New 52 Multiverse use a space (i.e., Earth 3). Maxine Lord killed this Earth's version of. Essentially, rather than narrowing their scope, DC has broadened it so that Pariah and Anti-Monitor's actions allow for the creation of new universes and Elseworlds stories that simply need to be given a number. If you take this type of theory seriously, it predicts that we are just some very special Boltzmann brains who have been deluded into thinking that we are observing a vast, homogeneous universe. The reason is that all our theories in physics are dynamical: The fundamental physical laws describe what will happen, given what already is. This new model of creation involves multiple incarnations of the Multiverse suspended within a "Multi-Multiverse", with individual Multiverses existing as 'bubble' sets of grouped universes, such as the local 52. Otherwise, we would be Boltzmann brains. DC's one universe, one timeline idea was silently killed off with the creation of the pocket universe (which was to explain why the Legion of Super-Heroes still remembered a Superboy when none existed in the Post-Crisis reality). However, Dark Crisis took a step in the other direction and opened up a system for more stories. The trouble was first pointed out by the astronomer and physicist Sir Arthur Eddington in 1931, if not earlier. Versions of DC Comics characters who pilot giant, Home to the Red Racer, Optiman, the Iron Knight, and Flashlight of the Justice 9, Home to Spore, the Dino-Cop, the Nimrod Squad, Nightcracker, the Scorpion, Sepulchre, The Blood League, vampire versions of the Justice League, Superdoomsday and the corporation Overcorp, A grim young Batman with a unique, unrecognizable rogue's gallery, The Love Syndicate of Dreamworld, including. So, we must seek a new approach to making predictions in cosmology. Twentieth Century Fox-Film Corporation / Photofest. In fact, by the 1980s, dozens of alternative timelines and variants of DC's heroes had been created. The issue came into focus via a thought experiment suggested by Alan Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vitaly Vanchurin at the University of Michigan in Duluth. This universe is a bright, optimistic place where no one ever dies (including the inhabitants of Krypton and Thomas and Martha Wayne). We still find ourselves making absurd predictions. Established as an alternate universe in "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis" (. The Earth-One Batman and Gotham City first appeared in Detective Comics #327 (May 1964)[3][4], The Adventures of Bob Hope #94 (September 1965) for Earth-Twelve, (Earth-692)[17] In case of the Dark Multiverse however, "New Earth" was formed from Earth-Two, the world of the Justice Society of America. With this insight, Boltzmann launched into his cosmological speculations. Tempus Fuginaut. Idea Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 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