Harry Potter was born! Happy birthday Harry!

Without a doubt, the Harry Potter series has influenced many of us, regardless of whether you read the books or saw the movies first. I am convinced Harry Potter is one of the best works of fiction of our time because of its characters, incredible creatures and social commentary. It’s hard to imagine a world where the Harry Potter series didn’t exist for me in the same way it’s hard for me to imagine world without the internet or running water. I don’t have a hard time imagining it because those things are necessary per say in my daily life but because I have habits which require those things to exist.

But for arguments sake, let’s say we lived in a world where we didn’t have Harry Potter, running water or the internet. What would our lives be like? It’s a stretch to think we can’t live without these things. Humanity in times past lived without them for generations. They just found other things to serve the same needs that are addressed by Harry Potter, running water and the internet.

However, it is conceivable that a world like that could exist at the same time as our own and probably does for many people. That probably sounds crazy, but it’s actually possible. This is the same reasoning behind parallel universes. A parallel universe isn’t just a crazy concept that is used in quantum physics, it’s also used repeatedly in philosophy and literature. J.K. Rowling herself may have even used it a few times in Harry Potter, according to a few theories.

The reason the concept of a parallel universe is so amazing to us is due to the fact that we can think of an infinite number of them. What’s even more amazing is that parallel universes may actually exist because our universe is so big. Even from a psychological standpoint, parallel universes are possible because the human mind is capable of creating its own reality.

So let’s take the time to be thankful that we live in a universe where Harry Potter exists. If we didn’t, I wouldn’t be writing this blog and who knows what else I wouldn’t be doing.

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