Journey to Planet JoCo: �Todd the T1000�
With John Scalzi and Jonathan Coulton
For the past two weeks, John Scalzi has been interviewing Jonathan Coulton about the intersection of geek and rock on Tor.com. Now, just for Tor/Forge newsletter readers, we have one more Scalzi/Coulton interview. Enjoy the following look at Coulton�s song �Todd the T1000.�
Plus, a bonus video: John Scalzi covering Jonathan Coulton�s �Redshirt,� the theme song to the novel Redshirts, on his ukelele!
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By Rhiannon Held
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In 1957, Hugh Everett proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics. MWI states that the universe forks at each quantum event, creating a multiverse: an infinite number of universes superimposed upon each other. Any possible universe can exist in the multiverse.
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