"FLUCTUATION ANOMALIES IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND. CREDIT: V. G. GURZADYAN AND R. PENROSE."
HOWEVER, it could be 4 or even 5 if the Milky Way blocks other large anomalies off.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/93308747@N05/31052215302/in/dateposted-public/
We need (anti material ) copy observers inside all universes.
If the 8 or 12 universes are Charge Parity ( CP) symmetric and quantum entangled with instant reaction, to communicate which branch of reality we find ourselves in, then God plays dice with multiple entangled CP symmetric pinball machines for non intelligent stuff .
However my proposal is that each individual intelligent species like humans have the opportunity to VETO an act or idea, just like Benjamin Libet assumed based on his simple experiments.
see:
Democratic Free Will in the Instant Entangled Multiverse.
http://vixra.org/pdf/1401.0071v2.pdf