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The multiverse "theory" is not a theory. It's conjecture.A scientific theory has to be testable.
Always worth a read IMO:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle#Anthropic_coincidencesThat is all []
Magic? There is the idea of self existence in the universe as is, in that space, time, matter, all exist maybe from a build up, but an oxymoron, even before that, and before that still, there was something. There was an origin and another continuously, at least maybe. Something has to self exist, rather that something coming from nothing.
David Cooper: I don't find this differentiation to be meaningful. How many particles can we simulate in computers today? A few hundred thousand, perhaps a few million (all depending of course on the complexity of your particle system). Might we wager a guess at how many particles there might be in the universe? We aren't even sure at what scale we'll find the smallest such particle, assuming we can see below the Planck scale. Regardless of increases in computing capacity, simulations will only ever look like weak analogues to the real thing.
And what if we find that the reductionist view of our universe breaks down in the future, as might be the case if a theory of God turns out to hold water?