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Scarlet is one of the most powerful beings in the entire Marvel universe, or perhaps even the entire MULTIVERSE! Her incredible powers of probability manipulation and reality warping can create alternate universes and timelines. So what can her powers teach us about quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat, and the many-worlds interpretation? Let's dive into the comics to find out!
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[@harold2hs]

I am a fan of the Scarlet Witch and I think the way her reality warping powers work is like this. The Scarlet Witch we know is the Nexus Being in the "main" central universe Earth 616, which means that she is the base of every other Scarlet Witch any other reality. Wanda can warp reality, but not the way the video states when it comes to multiple realities. Her powers change the outcomes of the future and of her own reality which means it might effect other realities that branch off of 616 at that time but her powers will not interfere with any other Scarlet Witches in other realities or vice/versa. If it did, then there would be alot of dead Wandas' in other realities, and the House of M storyline would've ended and wouldn't have branched off when 616 Scarlet Witch restored the reality to normal. Being the Nexus means she anchors her reality and effects only her world's future and the future of other realities but not the people in that universe. Her power itself is so powerful that she can restore Xavier's legs, create an entire fleet of Kree ships and soldiers, bring people back from the dead, see and change possible outcomes in the future, impregnate herself by altering souls and biology, disrupt the powers of other reality warpers or magic beings like Dormammu in his dark dimension with the Avalon's Evil Eye, because of the high evolutionary her powers are so vast that Chthon himself wanted her as a vessel, when she depowered almost all mutants the spell was molded so strongly into reality that Dr. Strange himself couldn't reverse it, she could easily destroy many of the avengers, she even defeated Morgan Lefay. Dr. Doom and Ultron are even afraid of her. Her powers are so unbelievable that she suffers from schizophrenia. She isn't all powerful and she isn't fully in control of her powers(just look at her life), but being one of the most powerful marvel heroes she can rival that of the Phoenix Force itself. She can pull energies from other dimensions but not in a way that would harm those dimensions and she doesn't completely control the multiverse, she just balances her reality in the multiverse so 616 won't effect other realities that are already happening.

[@gokanshurisbabyfather4003]

harold2hs * mind bblown*

[@dextersolomon968]

The Tru history of the scarlet witch

[@StrikerCup79]

true

[@NerdSyncProductions]

*REMEMBER* I am not an expert in any field of study. I'm a college drop-out. I try to teach myself complex concepts in a very short amount of time and teach them in an incredibly brief and not at all comprehensive way. The goal is to hopefully inspire you to do your own follow-up research.

[@jordanl2317]

Hahahaha! Oh Scott, you're so funny. Research for ourselves? The day people go one KZbin with intellectual pursuits and aspirations will truly be a cold day in Hell. Hahahaha! Ah, you just don't find good comedians nowadays. Oh dear god you weren't joking

[@PseudoTinGod]

+Jordan Lawe LOL!

[@bensheldon3693]

Hey...I have a question. Was iron man a traitor at one point?

[@nicholasepsilon3534]

+NerdSync 2:01 the internet, it always comes back to cats. lol. scarlet witch is one of my favorite heroines/villains. if i was in control of probabilities.. as corny as it would sound, i would just help out people around me. :3

[@anthonyacero910]

Does that mean that (I know this I a different universe) Vibe could essentially do the same?

[@patrickborro2000]

Too bad I live in this universe where all these characters are actors.

[@mrboatface4023]

+nOnOy borbun There's a version of you in one of those Marvel Universes for sure.

[@patrickborro2000]

All of us for sure. Just hoping that one of those universes is that we're also heroes.

[@gintori5329]

Ha ha cool what earth do we take place it

[@gintori5329]

*in

[@hydrolito]

They are only actors if in movies or TV otherwise pictures on paper.

[@AceWolf456]

"The cat is equal parts alive and dead." Ah, yes. Meaning the cat works Retail.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

A lot of you have pointed out other characters with similar abilities as being the TRUE controller of the multiverse. Here's a better question, though: How can there be multiple reality altering characters? Does one truly rule over all, or do they work independently of one anther altering the reality in their own ways? I'm inclined to believe the latter (since I think it's inherently more interesting), but what do you guys think?

[@Norrisc761]

+NerdSync Well, I'll go out on a limb and admit that I don't believe in multiple realities because it nullifies the concept of free will. That said, I find the idea of multiple realities very interesting. I doubt that any one human could be powerful enough to control all realities. However, there could be an alien who could wield such power. Comics have depicted many powerful characters like this. More likely though there would be characters that can simply destroy multiple realities rather than control them, beings like the Anti-Monitor. They make great villains that make the heroes team-up to combat them. Those can be fun to read.

[@PseudoTinGod]

+JC Norris I have seen some good evidence that Free Will is, at it's basic level, nonexistent. MRIs of the brain show that our brains generate information before we're consciously aware of them by as much as 7 seconds sometimes (and if Free Will does not require the conscious mind, I would need the definition of Free Will being used). There is an easier way to demonstrate this and you can do the experiment at home: Clear your mind and try to think of nothing for just a few minutes. Where do those little thoughts that creep in from time to time come from?

[@PseudoTinGod]

+NerdSync What if the control is not a static thing, but ever changing; a kind of constant battle or "King/Queen of the Hilbert Space" if you will? heh. Could make for an interesting Battle Royal if that "crown" could be properly defined. Thinking on this something else occurred to me... IF the power resolved by "bouncing" the two individuals in to their own universe where they experienced success as defined by what they wished, what does that say about the perception of the powers themselves? Are there powers that inherently cannot be fully understood by the possessor of the power (or an observer) because the power itself "covers its own tracks"? I guess what I am saying is, "does anyone have any idea if there are (and, if so, how many) powers inherently come with scientifically unfalsifiable operations"? Or put differently, "Are there powers out there, that if stated, have no way of being tested to see if they actual do what the claim says they do?"

[@PseudoTinGod]

+JC Norris I do want to clarify: My proposal does not mean that Free Will cannot be categorized as an Emergent Quality, just like a school of fish is a sort of "entity" or a person handing over currency for a product at a store is part of a greater economy with it's own behavior. I am just saying there is no binary switch between "no thought" and a "chosen thought". Any model with that kind of concept faces the problem of infinite regress.

[@Norrisc761]

+PseudoTinGod uh-huh, okay.

[@TrailerDrake]

Quantum mechanics, m-theory, string theory, and theories of everything are some of my favorite things ever. Great episode, Scott! :D

[@SuperHeroJay]

+Trailer Drake Hi Drake :D!

[@beerbatpodcast]

Drake

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+Trailer Drake Thanks, man! I appreciate that!

[@harrywompa]

Quantum mechanics are literally insane, but indeed fascinating. I wonder if when Scarlet Witch makes a decision with her powers, an adjacent universe Scarlet Witch is making the same decision, but her powers fail. Every time one Scarlet Witch gets her way, another is screwed. Makes rooting for her a little depressing.

[@RelativelyBest]

The thing about Schrödinger's cat is that A) it's an allegory that describes something that only happens on a sub-atomic level where the rules of reality are seemingly very different, and B) Schrödinger was specifically trying to illustrate how the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics made no damn sense to him. It's supposed to seem like complete nonsense, and we weren't supposed to take it literally. Obviously, if you perform the experiment for real, the cat either survives or dies whether you observe it or not, because that's how the universe actually works.

[@pricepig]

Poor quicksilver, he got the short end of the power stick

[@miriamcooper8888]

pricepig what if quicksilver was revealed to be a magical construct created by the scarlet witch so she wouldn't be lonely similar to the way she made her magical babies.

[@miriamcooper8888]

ok, first of all, no. he can't and wont ever kill Wanda with his speed. it's physically impossible. and I know they're twins, they're my favorite comic characters (almost) and I know he's real, and very fast i was just poking fun at a crazy idea. Pietro cannot move faster than light except when in Avengers: No Surrender at the end when Wanda boosted his powers so he could save the day. also, Wanda's powers aren't really to change reality, that's just kind of a boost that she got. so she was born with the power to through hex bolts like enegry manipulation and stuff, but then was "gifted" some of Cthon's power, when just a baby (i think) and later she learned magic from Agatha harkness, and she got a bit o' life force too... so. yeah she's a lot more powerful than he is.

[@miriamcooper8888]

don't call me an idiot or a moron. I'm not trying to aggravate you, we're just having a conversation. so where are you getting your information? when did he get an upgrade like that? i guess I didn't hear about it. also he doesn't have two sister, "idiot".

[@jemluz3421]

Finally Free It’s true, Wanda can’t dodge Quicksilver because she doesn’t need to. Wanda’s chaos magic is so powerful that it protects her body from physical harm. If you read the House of M, she was shot at the back by Hawkeye but the arrow just disintegrated piece by piece and she just stood up as if nothing happened. Her chaos magic works for her dude! If she can resurrect a dead person, fighting quicksilver is just a walk in the park.

[@StrikerCup79]

@@jemluz3421 she can alter wuicksilver reality so he would be slower than a turtle and that is wanda win effortless

[@OwenLikesComics]

Great video Scott, quantum mechanics in comics is such an interesting concept. Thank you for the shoutout also, it's very appreciated!

[@guitarhero8110]

Uhhhhh. This suddenly got a lot more interesting after WandaVision episode 7.

[@CosmicNerdStudios]

this was so interesting, and it gave some info on scarlet witch

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+Cosmic Nerd Studios Thanks!

[@tessewact]

Does that mean there is an alternate timeline where you never made this video? Or one where you posted it yesterday, or tomorrow? One where you *are* Scarlet Witch and you made this video about yourself? OH! One where, for this video, you dressed up like Scarlet Witch!

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

VIDCEPTION TO THE FUTURE BALL Z!

[@DKlarations]

+JJPivotz I would like to edit that video.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+JJPivotz Yes to all of the above!

[@StrikerCup79]

no one knows if there was a universe that same ours but a parallel one because God only know it

[@eugenideddis]

Had, marvel had a multiverse. They blew it up recently. Battle world is all that remains.

[@scoutshellby7226]

+Eugenideddis What about the MCU, or the X-Men movies universe, or the animated shows?

[@eugenideddis]

not sure about MCU, but the shows are not connected to the comicmultiverse, as shown by the spiderverse event in the ultimate spiderman tv series.

[@Tetsulot]

+Eugenideddis Maybe the MCU haven't reach the point where it was destroyed. Maybe it will be in the future.

[@Tetsulot]

+Eugenideddis and after that, all of the movie will be about All-new all-different Marvel

[@matthewhellmers225]

+Scout Shellby The X-Men animated show has a territory in Battleworld. It's called X-Men 1992.

[@NathanBChampine]

That would explain her sometimes loose grip on the 616 reality. Being connected to ALL realities cab put a real strain on a person mental stability.

[@gabyjones5777]

I love Scarlet Witch and her son Wiccan. In Young Avengers it is revealed that Wiccan is a powerful being known as the Demiurge. Turns out a the Demiurge created all life on Earth and the Elder Gods like Thor's real mother, Gaea. I compared the image of the distorted face of the Demiurge and it does look a lot like an older Wiccan. Guess that makes Scarlet Witch the grandmother of all life on Earth.

[@LovushkaAMVs]

So basically with this whole quantum mechanics thingy, if I simply decide to walk in another room about 10000 more universes are instantly generated for every single possibility that could happen?

[@craigspink2907]

I love how this works! I already found the multiverse interesting, after doing research I found that the Marvel multiverse probably DOES have infinite universes like for example if hulk was to change in one place the outcome may be different if he changes in another place like the people in the original place would be different than the other place, making them interact differently and changing the way things turn out even branching points would stem from there! Making indeed an infinite amount of universes! Wow this was a great video Scott!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+XSpider 2411 (X-Spider2411) Thanks! It's awesome to hear that it got you doing your own follow-up research!

[@Werevampiwolf]

Multiverses and the Many Worlds theory is like my favorite thing ever and has been for many years. I'm glad to see you do a video so I can show the video to people instead of trying to explain. Good job!

[@ThePuffyDuck]

This is one of my favorite episodes of Comics Misconceptions. Great work. You always get me thinking about something I would have never even considered.

[@Norrisc761]

Outstanding. Best one yet. As you said, so cool! This topic has always fascinated me. You must have had so much fun researching this one. Plus your use of triples was very funny. Nice job.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+JC Norris Haha, thank you so much! I did have fun researching it, but it was also incredibly stressful because I basically had to teach myself enough about quantum mechanics in a few days to be able to talk about it comfortably and confidently. And since this is the first comment I'm responding to, I bet I'll see plenty of science majors tell me I'm wrong about stuff. Oh well.

[@Norrisc761]

+NerdSync I wouldn't worry about science majors correcting you. When you look at it realistically, science is pretty much basic common sense. If you can reproduce it in the lab it is pure science. If you can't, then it is either theoretical or not science at all. :)

[@aidan50203]

Every time I cross the road, I apologise because I know that there is another version of me that is a chicken and I feel sorry for me always being the butt of all the jokes

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+Digiteck What if in that alternate universe, the joke is about humans crossing the road?

[@aidan50203]

Then me as a chicken apologises

[@AvianSavara]

MEANWHILE, in a universe where there are no parallel universes.

[@masonsanders2860]

* mind explodes *

[@romanfilmgod]

This was a great video!! To me you make the most original comic book videos on You Tube. The subjects are always well thought out and well researched. "Your thinking is always outside the box." Keep up the good work Scott!

[@MrRoMaGi]

I remember reading somewhere that the Marvel vs Capcom games is in it's own universe. So there is a world where Chun-Li is an honorary X-Man, C Viper is a member of SHIELD, Mike Haggar is the President of the US, The Hulk beat up Nemesis for Jill and Chris, Ryu dons a red Iron Fist Mask against Akuma and Phoenix Wright, with Maya and She-Hulk, defends Galactus in court. That's kinda cool.

[@0NlRAPTOR]

A couple of things I want to address: 1) Schrodinger's Cat was meant as a joke to make fun of superposition. The punchline being that once you open the box the cat will be dead, always, whether or not it was alive or dead in the box. 2) The multiverse, as described, would mean that the position and spin of every single particle in the Universe could (would) cause a split. This is a ridiculous conclusion. Superposition is about probability not outcome. Before the particle is measured it is not known which state it is in. This does not mean it is in both, just that the probabilities are there. This is also like Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle which states that you can not know the speed AND the position of a particle, only one or the other. You either measure speed or you measure position. 3) The Scarlet Witch's power is to know the possible outcomes of events but this would have nothing to do with seeing alternate timelines, just simply choosing her preferred outcome. The other outcomes didnt occur because she chose the one that did. So no, she would not have been hit in an alternate reality since that reality did not occur. This whole multiverse thing is the worst part of modern comics, the other being making them "live" actual lives. Comic characters do not need to age, ever. Every story can be set as a story. We dont need massive continuity compatibility to make them enjoyable and I really wish they would just go back to the old storytelling days. You could pick up an issue or a 6 issue run and read a story about your favorite character. Mass tie ins and continuity was simply a way to force readers to buy more comics. If I want to read Batman why do I need to buy 4 different version of Batman (Detective, etc.), JLA, Superman, Aquaman, Tean Titans, and Lois Lane to read the one story?

[@bombames]

Scarlet witch's powers doesn't work with the many worlds. Let's say scarlet witch had 50% chance of getting punched, but the probability of her deciding not to get punched is 100%, than is there a universe in which she gets punced, thare should, but than again, there shouldn't.

[@pauljohnsonii950]

+bombames nope not how it works.

[@bombames]

Why not?

[@pauljohnsonii950]

bombames because you assume every version does not want to get hit.

[@bombames]

What? If you had a choice right now to get hit in the face or not to get hit in the face, would there be a possibility you'll decide to get hit in the face? Same thing.

[@pauljohnsonii950]

bombames yes there is a possibility i would want to get hit in the face, why wouldn't there be?

[@shoresean1237]

Don't have much, and need to pose a question : 1 - The Avengers West Coast arc you mentioned was started by John Byrne during his run and finished by Roy Thomas (who arguably started Wanda down this path way back when, and is responsible for a LOT of Kang/Immortus stuff--Thomas loves time travel). Byrne left very abruptly, so I have no idea if how RT ended it was how he would have. That said, Byrne has written a lot of Invaders stuff (and the best comic ever made, Batman/Captain America WW2) and he was the one who made Kang a descendant of Reed Richards's father, so their tracks can't be too far off. 2 - I'm not sure how official this is, but it was hinted that some of Wanda's later big crazy moments were driven by her handling chaos magic during JLA/Avengers. Chaos Magic was cited during 'Disassembled' as a cause for her madness, but Dr. Strange said there was no such thing--even though he himself has used it. Stephen also delivered Wanda's babies---somehow never noticing their true nature. Yaeh. 3 - Again, not sure of how official, but I've heard it said Marvel hates/hated the designation Earth-616 for its prime world. Someone on Tropes (accuracy always a concern) said that even though Alan Moore meant it as an off-the-cuff, bureaucratic, 'you're nothing special' designation, having no relation at all to 666 (which Moore's beliefs do not hold to anyway), certain Aramaic number calculations (the source for that number in Revelation, a numeric writing of Nero's name) come out to 616 anyway. In any event, part of me almost wonders if Marvel didn't do Time Runs Out/SW 2015 partly to get rid of '616' once and for all. Now onto my question. In the AWC arc you cited, Immortus went around 'erasing' realities, like one where Lincoln lived, etc. DC seems to have regular multiversal trimming. Spider-Verse was stated to be about trimming back the amount of alt-Spideys (because Morlun versus the Spider-Friends was not what I'd call an even battle). Then came Time Runs Out and Secret Wars 2015. But even with them making the fictional rules, doesn't the very concept of infinite worlds mean that by doing this, you're emptying the ocean with a plastic kids pail? Once an AU world exists, even if you blow it up real good, somewhere is a world nearly identical that you failed to. I've seen so much infinite pruning, even its awesomeness seems old hat. I used to get a bit of a chill by pondering the thought 'what if the -verse destroying force sees our reality?' just for fun. Now the books seem to spend more time unmaking and remaking their take on multernity than they do with just making an interesting prime world. "Am I ranting? My ranting gets raves" - Hawkeye Pierce

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+Rob Morris Yeah, this is when this stuff gets really confusing. The idea is that if it's possible, then it happened in another reality. So to effectively destroy all the other universes, you would have to do it in a way that's impossible to escape from. Whether that's through comic book magic or science or both, I don't know. But I think that's at least what they might be going for.

[@shoresean1237]

+NerdSync It is what it is, and they can handle it how they want--it is their property. Besides which, killed-off AU's seem to have as hard a time staying erased as do individual comics characters. As is said, Pete/MJ will come back as the norm when fans who grew up with it become the heads of Marvel. Any timelines/AU's we weep over now will likely see a rebirth under similar circumstances. My only remaining question would be, if editors find this or that alt-variant hateful, why not just leave it alone? Without attention, these become footnotes in conversations like this one.

[@omooba00]

dude one word to describe this OVERPOWERED

[@Exodia64]

6:25 - 6:40... Wow, Scott! Could swear you were about to have a total geek-gasm there! :D

[@spicyweiner8291]

Ok so if scarlet witch had this power in all universes and none of them want to get punched and none of them do get get punched what happens there?

[@macgeek59]

+Themaninthedark As he said she can't fully control her power so in one universe she can't control it and then she gets punched

[@Pattersonian]

+Themaninthedark Yeah, Scarlet Witch would need to have the ability to choose an outcome with out a split occurring. Otherwise no real choice has been made.

[@Frogknight511]

+Themaninthedark What if each time she chooses she has to have a miniature battle with herself? Say, rock paper scissors for who doesn't get punch.

[@joshdavid9256]

+Themaninthedark There could be some reality, or series of realities, out there where scarlet witch's power just makes her the unluckiest person ever because she gets all of 616 witch's discarded outcomes.

[@originalmothman1]

+Themaninthedark Actually this might explain her powers. The more times the outcome works with each reality the more likely it happens. If a lot of her alternate selves are manipulating reality the more likely reality goes in her favor.

[@whitephoenixofthecrown8523]

What is 0:13 that comic's namn where Wanda alters the multiverse?

[@owenreece4390]

That's Endangered Species or Uncanny X-Men. Anyway MARVEL just confirmed at San Diego Comic Con 2019 that the events in WandaVision would bring about the Multiverse and the future of the MCU! I'm so excited!

[@DanteSolablood]

Excellent video! I love multiverse theory and quantum mechanics, I was wondering whether you would continue into alternate timelines for a moment... but that's possible best saved for another video. :P

[@jaelene17]

And now we are seeing this materialize in MCU

[@JessicaAbeggABH]

This is the best explanation I have ever heard of Schrodinger's Cat. I've heard the idea multiple times, but pretty sure it was the film-reel-cat dead/not dead splitting bit that hit it home xD

[@devincrave7067]

This was such a cool video. I love science talk, and putting it with comics is the best. I knew a little bit about her powers but not o this level. She could be unstoppable if all the others were to just go away. I think that is what happened so yeah she is the only one left in comics the MCU her is still kicking.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+Devin Crave Yeah, I hope the MCU does a lot more with her in the future.

[@airwaters]

I love how the punching Wanda logic is applicable to WandaVision Ep 8 where as a kid she used probability hex and stopped the bomb in going off to save herself and her brother.

[@slandersir7255]

I wonder why people on krypton speak English? If there is an explanation for this can you please do a video about it?

[@MrKrispins]

+Herge Tintin sorry bud its just so we understand them, they are French in French comics to =)

[@danielvine6810]

+MrKrispins well, lets re-phrase the question.. why do aliens speak earth languages? its explained in Marvel that Asgard (aliens technically) taught humanity their language. in Marvel English isnt the international language on earth, but also the universe too. but there are still many lifeforms in the galaxy that dont speek english.

[@MrKrispins]

id put it firmly on the fact subtitles don't work in comics but in a technical sence id say, given the information jorrel had about earth culture they had information regarding all earth languages for some time, its also been shown in movies like "batman superman doomed" than kryptonians do not inherently speak English but learn it over time at an accelerated rate

[@clashcitycretin10]

+Deadpool Wade Wilson aliens in speak soak different languages. green lanterns ring translates what he hears into a language he understands. it's really just up to how much work the writer wants to do. there are times where kryptonians show up and superman is the only who can speak to them and others where they can soak English for some reason. side note: in one if his adventures green lantern meets a group of aliens who spoke German. when he asked the other lanterns about it, they laughed and said Egyptians weren't the only group of earthlings who were visited by aliens.

[@DanteSolablood]

+Herge Tintin +NerdSync It's an age old convention in comics that the comic itself is translating alien speak into English (or the language of the comic you're reading) which has existed for a long time. Originally the comics had dialogue boxes which stated that the text was translated from the aliens language (this actually happens in a few Superman comics). The reason that they no longer show these dialogue boxes is that they take it for granted that children grow up with cartoons or TV shows where all aliens speak English anyway. Basically, they're not speaking English, the comic is translating their words so you can understand them. Read Stan Lee's Superman for a reaaaaally sarcastic take on this. :P

[@freedompancakes301]

I think that the cat is always either one or the other, but to the observer’s knowledge, probability states that it is both. Which really just shows us that probability is more of a theoretical concept that is based more on our knowledge of how an event will take place, not the actual event itself. There is always a reason why certain things happen, but we just can’t see that clearly. If we knew every info and variables that went into an outcome, everything would have a 100% chance of outcome and probability wouldn’t be a necessary concept.

[@Andrew-bb7ci]

I'm surprised you don't have more subs you amazing and I love your podcasts

[@Timasion]

There is a significant problem with that explanation of the Scarlet Witch's power. If she has the ability to see outcomes and chose the best outcome, the bad outcome never happens. However, we know the bad outcome happens because she could (theoretically) chose the bad outcome. Let me illustrate. Using your scenario, Scarlet Witch is given two possible outcomes: One where she gets punched in the face and one where she does not. Under your explanation, she looks at the possibilities and determined "not being punched in the face" is the one that leads to the best outcomes. Then, she uses her power and makes that outcome the main outcome (or the 616 outcome). Now, you have two Scarlet Witches. Scarlet Witch A who does not get punched and Scarlet Witch B who does get punched. However, Scarlet Witch B is the exact copy of Scarlet Witch A. She would have gone through the exact same decision making process and came to the same conclusion and used her power to not get punched in the face. But she did get punched in the face. But she shouldn't have. But she did (ad infinitum). I do have a possible explanation. You could say that there are times when Scarlet Witch's powers don't work properly and she can't always chose the best scenario. In that scenario, Scarlet Witch B is able to take the best outcome, while Scarlet Witch A is left with the poorer outcomes. Monkey wrenches.

[@kramer8983]

I never understood quantum mechanics until you explained it. Keep up the phenomenal job

[@adrianbl4058]

Hey, good video. I got a question: Why do people in the Marvel Universe celebrate heroes like Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man and all other heroes wirhout powers or mutates, but on the other hand hate and fear the mutant community. There is no real difference between the two but the origin of their powers. Don't people realize this?

[@Flora0966]

Adrian Bl Because they hate being inferior.

[@heartscapesreiki1496]

This video plays really well in light of WandaVision, and our upcoming MCU romp into the Multiverse 😁 Thanks for helping me prepare!

[@DrJonesMDK]

Nice video Scott. I think a similar concept when Owl man was discussing an interesting theory. The idea of every decision made by us creates a new reality.

[@raggarharry9765]

Your videos are soo cool. Like when you made me almost deprest when you said that all my memories is changing every time I think about them. But if I had her powers I would have so fun. Before I go into my comic shop there is a 50-50 chanse of me finding one of the few 80s Spider-Man issues my collection is missing. Well I want it, so I decide to get it. Yes her powers are so fun.

[@gelapxjinkuro]

this ages well with WandaVision as episode 7 ad mentioned Nexus

[@antigoku2083]

Another fake fan.

[@ilovecake968]

Yes everything revolves around wanda and there's a inside informations and theory marval will make her own comics more powerful than HOM wanda. Because wanda is the everything in the marval because wanda is the prime nexus being. Prime reality connect with every single reality. It means omniverse so wanda is connect with everything.

[@micronalpha]

I see one problem with her powers: all universes have equivalents to every being and event that the 616 reality has, namely all of them have a Scarlet Witch with the same powers (she is part of the Nexus!) So just as Earth-616's-Scarlet-Witch can choose which reality she wants to happen in her 616 reality, so do the infinite other Scarlet Witches have the same powers and can themselves choose which reality they want to happen to them. Therefore, Earth 616 can get the negative options the other realities didn't want. Or if she chooses to swap events with another reality and the other Scarlet Witch is also swaping but back, with Earth 616, what Earth gets the negative result? Great work, Scott "Nerdsync". I have enjoyed seing a lot of your videos. I confess I have been out of the comic's universes since I was in college (so almost 20 years now) and I know mainly Marvel from the 70's, 80's and 90's. So this channel is a great way to keep me updated with modern 616's events.

[@GamesFromSpace]

Her power can't result in a timeline where she did get punched, because then she wouldn't have a unique power at all. Those events did (and did not) happen to everyone at every possibility branch. Peter Parker also branches into timelines where he does or does not and he doesn't have reality bending powers. So her power must be to pick a timeline she likes and make it the "real" one that continues to be the 616 timeline. We've seen in the marvel multiverse that timelines stop existing and combine and do weird things constantly, as if alive (The best example being the Age Of Apocalypse timeline which is explicitly said to not be another universe, and is now extremely hard to travel to). She has some control over which ones become actualized, and the timelines she reject should just fade out.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

This is going to sound a bit odd, but I really recommend checking out GURPS (Generic Universal Role-Playing System) for ideas on dealing with parallel/alternate realities and "multiverses". Why? It is a role-playing system "toolkit", basically: a set of rules that allows you to recreate settings, characters and events (real or fictional) for your gaming pleasure. Obviously it is far from perfect, but it introduces a lot of useful terms for describing a multi-verse in GURPS Basic Set Campaigns (the second of the two core books for the game's 4th edition - a lot of the stuff is in 3rd edition as well but more spread out). I find it (especially if you add GURPS Powers and GURPS Supers) to be useful for understanding how things tend to work in a "comic book" style setting.

[@gharris4440]

This is my new favourite video! Nice work bro! (that's just how we spell favorite here)

[@AHeroAlmost]

This was crazy thought provoking...well played sir, well played.

[@kylemaryland1471]

Would you be doing a video on the comparisons of the probability altering abilities of all the characters like black at domino and scarlet witch

[@tonycasey1675]

Scott. Love your videos and podcasts. Keep it up.

[@HeyOzzy24]

This was an awesome video! I really want to know what the formula is for numbering each Marvel reality.

[@kdisley]

3:27 "Instead, the timeline is split, and both realities exist - one where the cat is alive, and one where you're going to have to be doing some serious explaining to your parents about what happened to your pet." Not to mention where you managed to get hold of an unstable radioactive isotope and a vial of poison for your kitten-death machine, and whether or not you should be sent to a professional to address your systematic torture of the family pet before you show other signs of becoming a serial killer... Erwin Schrödinger was a very disturbing man, when you think about it.

[@ryanmchugh9803]

Absolutley nailed this episode! Thankyou for your channel its seriously Awesome!

[@ROBOTCHICKENTATERS]

I've been waiting for so long for you to do a multiverse video for marvel! Great video btw! For a REAL origins video can you do the origin for the Pheonix Force and all the people/entities that contained it? :D

[@Malicious_Hero]

This reminds me of the game Alan Wake, there was an episode of the tv show in called "Night Springs", which was a twilight zone-y type show. In the specific episode, a guy made a machine that kind of let him do what Scarlet Witch could. To demonstrate the machine, he started shooting himself in the head with a fully loaded gun, and every single time the gun jammed. He was able to always choose the reality in which he survived. I wont say the end of it, even though its like a 2 minute long thing on a tv in a video game from 2010, but its definitely one of the things that stood out from that game for me.

[@wolfjeter1256]

Who’s watching while WandaVision is going on?

[@MikeJr9284]

The idea of a multiverse just blows my mind. And the idea that a person could manipulate said multiverse . Scarlet Witch for example, blows my mind even more

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+N, Prince of Pokemon (btw I'm a dude) There's at least one alternate reality where it doesn't blow your mind.

[@SidneyJupiter]

"First we need to talk about cats" They really have taken over the Internet

[@magnamic5614]

Like fine wine.

[@HexMark12]

Really enjoyed this video man!

[@gplus46]

Thanks for clearing that up, very clear explanation.

[@camdenlewis1175]

@nerdsync thank you for all your research for us for our entertainment

[@Shirker12]

I know this is a comic book channel, and I love it! But I was really hoping you'd make a mention of Steins;Gate when talking about the many worlds theory. Still, all in all, another great video!

[@savlecz1187]

As you were talking about her making sure that 616 is the universe where she doesn't get punched and therefore in some other one she does: This would also work for many alternate versions of her. So the thing is, it's actually a multiverse battle where at least two alternate Scarlet Witches compete for which one is not gonna be punched. And the outcome? Is it random? Because that would actually mean she can't use that power all the time and it therefore explains all the bad stuff that happened to her. Whew.

[@LuckyMercenary]

Just one question, is spidey (the entity not only peter parker) a nexus being like wanda ? Because even if he can't alter the multiverse like her he seem's to be present in every version or timeline of marvel's universe.

[@jl_legend]

+nerdsync have you seen the science fiction series Andromeda? One of the main characters has a similar ability, personified through a bonsai tree she prunes to get to a particular outcome, events play out to her as branches and if the outcome isn't favorable she prunes it and a new series of events play out. It's a great personification of what you discussed.

[@simontailor2986]

to the point that her power gives her the ability to choose/change the outcome/probability of any given event, is the hardships/suffering she endures the recoil of her power use? by which I mean, by changing realities in combat does she cause the universe to manifest problems in a ripple effect in her own future?

[@nikkim6033]

The fact that u got it 5 years ago

[@miat789]

Holy that is cool!!! Awesome video. How does this work with the other scarlet witches if 616 is the main one who chooses everything ?

[@nicholasserfontein9712]

shrodinger's cat is more to deal with tiny differences at the quantum level, like with the heisenberg uncertainty principle. It is reidiculous to say that there is some alternate universe where there is a chance of a large scale event not happening, where is others it does. For example, an asteroid a kilometre wide is heading directly for earth. Due to heisenberg uncertainty principle (correct me if i am wrong please as this is just as i understand it), there may be small changes on the quantum level that could have a very slight affect, but the asteroid isn't just going to stop and turn around or change direction and miss earth, because that violates conservation of momentum (objects with mass moving at a certain speed carry on doing so unless there is some external force applied). This multiverse thing doesn't therefore make sense (in the context of probabilities), if I have missed some point, please explain.

[@zlee001]

Shes being the nexus being in wandavision if u ask me.

[@matthewbartke4424]

I always figured Shrodinger's Cat was just a way of explaining probability. Things that are immensely complex like a gas cloud or particles at the quantum level are beyond our ability to guess because we don't know enough of the variables and don't have the processing power to crunch them if we did. Thus, we found that using probability was the most effective way of making a prediction in these circumstances. It is just a way of saying you can't know something until it is observed.

[@Ganesha6661]

Hello can you do a episode about traveling in space. as I know in comic, they do show the characters traveling form galaxy to galaxy in a few hrs or or days. That could possibly mean they might be traveling at light speed with no problems as I believe some galaxy are lot further apart. does that mean they can also be able to go through time according to their speed. or an other possibility is that they are traveling at a reasonable speed and when they return, a few days,months or years have passed depending on the distance of the galaxy. lastly, we the comic characters land on the alien planet, do all of the have the same day and night cycle as earth or faster which could help with why nothing much had happened in earth. thank you.

[@hsatin20]

That was a pretty great video man

[@reaganjones8436]

Scott, since some of the characters from Marvel 616 haven't been in any of the MCU movies (Jubilee, X-23, Kraven, Rhino, etc) does that mean that they dont exist in the MCU?

[@cosmicfive7860]

scarlet witch does not need reality warping to make people miss there attack! she has probability manipulation in her Mutant powers! so she don't have to hit the other scarlet witch

[@craftykittygaming7820]

So... every time a pokemon game says "The attack missed!" it's really just the pokemon manipulating the multiverse to make an attack miss it? Also, Cap's hat at 5:55 looks like Ash's. I just connected pokemon to a video about comics and quantum mechanics. In two ways. Should I be worried?

[@georgedomse]

Just a small correction to Schrödinger's cat. The cat is put in a box with a decaying piece of matter (say, Uranium) which is attached to a gun (since the decay wouldn't kill the cat at all). If the Uranium decays, it triggers the gun thus killing the cat. Now we have no chance to tell whther that piece of Uranium has decayed (quantum uncertainity) therefore we wouldn't know if the cat is dead or alive, therefore the superposition (both states at the same time). And NO, he didn't set up this thought experiment to explain or something, it was the exact opposite: he wanted to show how irrational and dumb the idea of quantum uncertainity is. He was later proven wrong.

[@nazimashraf2714]

questions 1. does every hero need to have a point when they become the hero that we see them example: like when something tragic happen to them like someone dies that there love or they die or someone or thing take over/destroy there home or even if they die, or for some that there DNA got change like the hulk or dr. Manhattan that after that moment they change there way to become the hero that we see them as

[@kiToro945]

HEY ITS THAT MULTIVERESE EPISODE haha great video scott I will make sure that I will comment more often :)

[@Shadowcat753]

Well, I have figured a little bit of how this power worked before I watched this video, (the thought process involved, not the manipulation of realities) - Which is basically, if concept/event A is true or happened, B, C,D, etc. may or may not come in to play later and if X happens than it makes it more likely B,C, etc. would happen and/or be true than D, but it's not like I know percentages on this either. Part of this idea is also based in the Mandala Effect and it's possible connection with the multiverse. Now if I had Scarlet Witch's full power, I'd take full advantage of it to do whatever I pleased. I'd mainly manipulate small things in advance to create better results for myself. I wouldn't have to save people and probably wouldn't choose to save anyone. To me, manipulating anything large is just stupid because there will likely be extreme consequences, but manipulating small things or events can make multiple possibilities that create a smaller effect. So, ever if it's a bad consequence, it won't do something like cause a bomb to go off or rip a hole in reality, but it could cause someone to kick a puppy or get you hit in the face. Basically the bad events that would happen because of the changes would be a lot smaller and less dangerous and the good events would be small enough that they (probably) wouldn't cause an actual problems. If you saved anyone, there'd be a huge historical/reality shift in that universe. So, I'd just not save anyone and again only alter things slightly with this power.

[@sacredscars3757]

Just finished reading Avengers Disassembled and House of M as soon as you posted this.... Creepy

[@nanozunino]

Two thumbs up for the awesome video you made.

[@hpgildwel]

@Marvel I would like some credit for this idea (and that's all ) : Scarlet witches powers don't just choose which event goes into 616, they use up the energy of the other event in order to make that determination. THEREFORE she's not creating more universes for you to keep track when she does simple things like avoiding punches or typically using her powers. This means her powers include collapsing events, or having an event-collapse, therefore destroying an entire potential universe. At some point she could have a moral debate about that, but that's just icing. The meaning of this idea, is that unless she's specifically trying to create a branched universe (other than her own current universe) she is NOT creating universes out of your infinite number, since we don't want to have the typical universe possessing 7 digits or more ( which is the eventual case ). Again, no money, just a little credit somewhere. If you don't like this idea, fine. I"m sure you guys are great at writing, so you may already have a solution in mind.

[@peterquill8753]

i hope the mcu explores the scarlet witch's probability manipulation , it would be so cool 😁

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+Peter Quill Yeah, they didn't really do that, did they?

[@Norrisc761]

+NerdSync It pretty much seemed that they reduced her power set to those like Jean Grey.

[@peterquill8753]

yup a jean grey version fits her skills

[@hhfractal]

You just blew my mind... in the most epic way possible.

[@jtsupersized]

In the Punch Example, that means there is an exactly duplicate of Scarlet Witch who uses her powers but either 1) They don't work because the 616 used hers and pushed the reality onto the other or 2) That Scarlet Witch WANTED to get punched or 3) BOTH Scarlet Witches somehow force the reality of the punch on something/someone else or negate it completely.

[@aidansuguitan6533]

I remember in the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths movie Owlman had a monologue about this

[@nathanieldaiken1064]

So...is the Scarlet Witch an immortal being??? Scott, we need a video on this! Also, the Flashpoint (DC) universe has a character who physically resembles SW, but is not as powerful. Might the DCU be included or be a subset of the Marvel U Ala the Squadron Supreme?

[@Stormandfire]

I always regarded Scarlet Witch's powers as a person powered (rather than tea powered) version of the Infinite Improbability drive. Kind of similar to the multiverse, except in an infinitely infinite universe where nothing is impossible just highly improbably. And her being a nexus being was like Marvel's version of Doctor Who's fixed points, unalterable and persistently present.

[@WilliamBrowning]

Great video!

[@phillipfantauzzi4012]

I would like to touch on Probability Mirroring and Probability Discontinuity. With Probability Mirror we get the same event in 2 different timelines. If punch lands in earth 616 but misses in 617, we Probability Mirror to make 616 the same as 617 by "Mirroring" the event in 617, i.e. a timeline overlap. With Probability Discontinuity Scarlet Witch would actually burn the 616 timeline where the punch hits and replace it, or cut and paste, the punch miss from 617 into 616 leaving 617 without the event. Earth 617 would then have a blank space or zero information at the point of the punch, causing a Probability Discontinuity in 617. No one in 617 would be able to recall if the punch landed or not. Or maybe, a convergence of 616 and 617 would happen. Earth 616 timeline would stop and 617 would continue on into the continuity, at least until they could diverge again. Eh, So many probabilities so little infinite time.

[@kavmaeinstein3422]

Scott isn't it franklin richards that controls the marvel multiverse, i did some search and some guy at comics explained said the same.

[@ljman17]

Similar to Amadeus Cho,his Hyper-Mind allows him to calculate infinite probabilities and act accordingly to which one he favors

[@RamsTheNameCom]

A couple universe stories I liked were, What if... Moon Knight mixed up his personalities which include him mixing Moon Knight with Jake Lockely. So Moon Knight dressed as Jake over his costume and drove his Taxi around. Moon Knight ended up beating a guy up because he was a couple pennies short from fully paying Moon Knight's taxi service. Another cool story was the universe where Moon Knight is Goon Knight the tush of Khonsu. Goon Knight's lair is an out house and he fights crime by mooning people.

[@justcarter6000]

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