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of the most popular among these incorporates parallel universes into the equation. Israeli-British physicist David Deutsch of Oxford University’s Mathematical Institute has argued since the early 1990s that if one were to succeed at developing a process in which reverse time travel were indeed possible, the hypothetical time traveler would likely end up in an entirely different “branch” of history, altogether separate from that which he arrived. This would mean that, rather than a single, linear plane of existence that constitutes time, there may be a number of alternate dimensions that result from the various possible outcomes of any givensituation. Each of these dimensions could follow very different courses, based solely on factors like chance and probability related with any set of circumstances that may transpire someplace in the universe. The resulting scientific theories formulated around such ideas have led to popular notions such as a
superstring theory
of alternate parallel dimensions, as well as a subsequent “M-theory” designed to unite the many problems associated with various string theories where only 10 hypothetical dimensions may exist. 3
    Although alternate parallel dimensions obviously become useful in one’s effort to justify the paradoxes of time travel, one important thing that must be remembered is that dimensional theories of parallel existence and other ideas involving the less-easily reconciled aspects of space and time
are still only theories.
No matter how well justified they may seem, or from whom their advocacy may arrive, we cannot accept speculation as pure fact simply on the good faith that our talking heads on prime-time television would not mislead us. All too often, people are willing to sit down and watch their favorite network television programs that appear to be dissecting the deeper aspects of our existence—whether those programs purport to deal with subjects like alternate dimensions, or even UFOs and extraterrestrial visitors in ancient times—and they accept these things entirely as facts. We tend to forget that virtually anything seen on television, however credible it may appear to be, has been bestowed with agreater priority that supersedes the merit of presenting factual information—and this priority demands that what appears must first be
entertaining,
above all else. Only then, so long as the content first offers interesting and compelling information that viewers will want to watch, will the facts be allowed to trickle down.
    While this sort of prioritization of compelling content placed over factual merit may not be causing any real harm to anybody, it has certainly been effective in skewing people’s beliefs and attitudes when it comes to the complexities associated with the nature of reality and our universe. And this is certainly not intended to mean that nothing we see or hear on television can be trusted—only that once we understand the levels of prioritization that influence what we hear, and how we hear it, we would be wise to take virtually
anything
we hear with a grain of salt, and a healthy ounce or two of skepticism.
    All this kept in mind, perhaps we should also consider whether the extra-dimensional qualities popularly associated with space-time, although meeting the criteria for being potential realities (and
very
compelling television content), could also be unnecessary as tools for explaining aspects of the hidden universe around us. Perhaps, based on the limitations of human perception, and the resulting philosophical concepts that emerge—for which we assign such names as “space” or “time”—the grand illusion that constitutes our reality really does have us fooled. The reality we perceive as a chronological progression through past, present, and future may in fact be asillusory as the mirage that haunts the thirsty eyes of some lost and weary traveler. The oasis he seeks, which he will no doubt become convinced he can see in the