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# Why The Multiverse Could Be Real
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/why-the-multiverse-could-be-real-4jlw1w/
- Published: 2025-08-13T16:00:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-14T06:30:20.000Z
- Description: Can something that exists be bad science?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 11, Episode 9, #ZZZ_Episode_26b4fee5-25cb-41b1-a08e-a2b469694b75, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

The multiverse pops out of quite a few theories in physics, and has been proposed as a solution to certain vexing problems. But it’s also been argued that the very idea of a multiverse is just bad science. That it’s unfalsifiable and a dead-end to inquiry and as bad a violation of Occam’s razor as you could imagine. But the multiverse might also exist. Can something that exists be bad science?