Everything you see around you is made up of trillions upon trillions of sub-atomic particles. However each of these particles is in turn made up of nothing - sometimes they are non-physical waves of probability that flit in and out of reality in the blink of an eye and sometimes they are points of energy that can be in two places at the same time - but whatever they are they need you, as an observer, to bring them into existence. No you, no Universe. Takes the question of what happens to the fridge light when the door is closed onto a whole new level of philosophical speculation does it not?

But there is more. There is strong evidence that this Universe is one of a countless number of others, all being brought into existence by an act of observation by other versions of you. Every possible variation on your life is being experienced by a version of you somewhere out in what is known by cosmologists as the Multiverse.

However you are not alone in this Multiverse. The other beings you interact with, love, hate or are indifferent to also exist in their own personal universes that overlap on yours and their behaviour and actions can affect what happens in yours.

Unbelievable? Well in the day to day world of common sense yes, but according to the discoveries of modern quantum physics the above scenario is not only possible but probable.

According to The Copenhagen Interpretation of Professor Neils Bohr sub-atomic particles only exist when they are observed. According to The Many Worlds Interpretation of Dr Hugh Everett the only rational explanation for the behaviour of these particles is that the universe splits into identical copies of itself thousands of times a second. According to The Implicate Order of Professor David Bohm every particle in the universe is entangled and part of every other. If these three alternative theories of quantum physics are considered to be complementary rather than conflicting then the above scenario is a viable explanation of the riddle of conscious experience.