Are There Multiple Universes?

For 26 centuries, the best minds of western civilization have talked about this subject and hav taken it very seriously. The last couple of generations, going back to the forties, this, this historical reason for that involves the us. Government,. where the culture took a turn to begin to dismiss and mock this kind of thing at tenfoil had. But isn't it the case that people throughout history have been interested in this, who have been more than rational? Oh, you know, we are the exception in history. And that sad.