Exercise Infinity

I come from a place that was destined to be consumed by nuclear fire less than 24 hours before I stepped through into this world. To most, that claim would raise one sarcastic eyebrow and possibly evoke a smirk and an "Oh really?" To those heavily researching the fields of quantum physics and trans-dimensional travel, a more likely response would be, "Yeah, me too." These people are not aliens or crackpots beckoning us to join cults that end in mass-consumption of sugar and cyanide laden children's drinks. These are merely those that have become learned in the fields of uncertainty and chaos theory.

We all come from a place, a thousand years ago, where The Chicago Cubs were destined to win every world series, the St. Louis Arch was never built, the entire continent of Australia was wiped off the face of the earth by massive earthquakes, and Aliens controlled the white-house via two tin-cans and a really long piece of string. Illogical? Perfect. There are also an infinite number of universes running parallel to our current one that will only manifest the slightest difference up until the change cascades down into an observable strain at some point possibly millions of years later.

Why are we living in a world where you are reading this, rather than shooting off in a rocket-ship to protect earth from an invading interstellar force? Why aren't you zipping through the jungle, stalked by a tiger that has been on your trail for three days in a deadly game of cat and monkey? Why aren't you president? Why aren't you enslaved by super intelligent rats? Why aren't you walking down a corridor with a satisfied smirk on your face as you accept the most prestigious award ever given by mankind? Imagine the greatest fantasy your wildest dreams have ever fathomed and ask why you're reading instead of wrapped up in a world of complete ecstatic thought.

The cryptic answer is you are. Such is the nature of an infinite number of parallel universes. Every desire and every horror you could ever imagine and things extending beyond both horizons for millions of miles is realized in one of these worlds. One isn't the right word, however, as an infinite variation of each of these is manifest as well.

So in twenty four hours, how much could change? I wasn't lying when I said that I had come from a world destined to be consumed by nuclear war. In twenty four hours in an alternate reality from the one we observe it will happen. It's happening right now. And will continue to do so for as long as we can exist and beyond. I'm from a different universe every passing second. And so are you.