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If the many worlds interpretation is correct then there is some parallel universe in which Einstein didn't exist. How has the study of physics developed in that world without Einstein around ?

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In MWI, in some parallel universes there would be others to do what Einstein did, while in some other parallel universes there will not be. However, if we assume a universe very similar to ours, but without Einstein, then maybe those Lorentz, Poincare, Hilbert could come very close to relativity, as they in fact did in our universe. – Cristi Stoica Sep 27 '12 at 19:50

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