Talk:Omniverse

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[edit] Should this entry be deleted?

Would someone like to give me a good reason why I shouldn't send this page up for removal. At best it's a definition not a topic as this concept has been dealt with in multiverse, possible worlds, and Many worlds and possible worlds in literature and art. Also I have not found the term in wide use as defined in the entry. At the very least it should have some references to back up the assertions being made here DV8 2XL 16:31, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Etymologically, "universe" should mean "one world"; "multiverse", "many worlds"; and "omniverse", "all worlds". In theory, it seems possible that the word could have a principled meaning in some sort of discourse about multiverse cosmologies, and it looks like the article author has tried to do establish such a meaning; but the question is whether the meaning proposed reflects any usage prior to the Wikipedia article! :-) I believe Roger Penrose actually gives the word a specific meaning in his book, The Road to Reality; that might be the "highest status" use of the word in science and philosophy so far. Mporter 05:30, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
If you bother deleting this entry then in order to be intellectually honest you delete all other science fictional cosmic entries.

On the other hand, I would rewrite the entire thing. There should be two entries, an Omniverse (Mark Gruenwald) to relate to comic book universes and their unified relationship, and a theoretical physics-slash-science fiction non-comic-book themed entry. --Blue Spider 07:50, 9 July 2006 (UTC)