time travel, parallel universes, and other useful illusions
Do you ever wonder what goes on in other worlds? Somewhere, beyond the distance our eyes can see, it’s possible that intelligent life is out there. And right now they’re looking up into their night sky and at the stars and wondering if they, too, are alone in the universe.
On June 28th 2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party, but no one came. He’d set the table, threw up some balloons, popped open a bottle of champagne. And then he waited. And waited. And, well, waited. Perhaps no one arrived because Hawking didn’t send the invitations until the party was over. Yeah, you’d think that’s …