Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The premise of Apple TV+'s Dark Matter hinges on the multiverse and interdimensional travel, and episode 3 explains how these concepts work — and how they're connected to Jason2's mysterious Box. Dark Matter premiered with two episodes on Apple TV+ on May 8, bringing the story from Blake Crouch's best-selling sci-fi novel to life on the screen.
Dark Matter Episode 3 Explains How Jason2 Uses Interdimensional Travel Jason & Ryan Piece Together How The Box Works Close Jason's science background allows Dark Matter to rationalize its multiverse rather than using the extraordinary to explain its existence. And Dark Matter episode 3 digs into how interdimensional travel works in the Apple TV+ show, revealing the steps Jason2 takes to accomplish such a feat.
Why Ryan's Drug Is Necessary To Travel To Other Dimensions It Prevents A Person's Consciousness From Causing Decoherence In Dark Matter episode 3, Jason tells Ryan that placing a human into superposition is theoretically impossible, as that person's consciousness would prevent it from working. The human consciousness would take in the environment around them and make observations that prevent it from going into that state.
The science behind the Box is teased early in Dark Matter, as the original Jason teaches a course on Schrödinger's cat. This thought experiment posits that a cat placed inside a box with a deadly substance can exist in two states of reality until the box is opened. Because no one can observe the cat, it could theoretically be thought of as both alive and dead.
Dark Matter Uses Real Science To Explain Its Multiverse Story This Makes The Sci-Fi Series More Believable Close While the scientific feats shown in Apple TV+'s Dark Matter have never been accomplished in real life, the fact that the show pulls from actual theories and thought experiments makes its premise that much more believable. Most multiverse stories use the extraordinary to explain the characters' ability to access more than one universe.