# We May Never Know Whether Other Universes Exist by Martin Rees > “We do not know whether there are other universes. Perhaps we never shall.” > **— Martin Rees**, *Many Universes?, Edge, 2002* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Many Universes?](https://edge.org/response-detail/11576) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe|The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe]] - **Article:** [[articles/Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences|Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Cosmology|Cosmology]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Epistemic Limits|Epistemic Limits]] - [[wiki/Scientific Inference|Scientific Inference]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We do not know whether there are other universes. Perhaps we never shall.” — Martin Rees, Many Universes?, Edge, 2002 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-we-never-know-whether-other ```