[extropy-chat] parallel universes

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

Damien Broderick wrote:
> 
> No, because it's inaccurate.
> 
> How about `D-branes'? or just Branes?
> 
> I know, it causes sniggers from those who think you're saying `brains'.
> Um, how about `alloworlds'? Too much like `hello'. How about
> `xenoworlds'?

Surely this problem has been solved again and again...

Coming to mind offhand:

Branch
Dimension
World
Timeline
Worldline
Worldsurface
Ficton
Plane
Layer
Hubblebubble
Process

Depends on usage.  What are you trying to indicate?

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence