On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 7:19 AM John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 2:52 PM Brent Meeker <meekerbr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> Copenhagen does not explain why some are more real than others, Many >>> Worlds says the obvious answer to this dilemma is that they are all equally >>> real, so there is nothing that needs explaining. >> >> >> * >Except how many of them are they,* >> > > Either an astronomical number to an astronomical power of universes or an > infinite number of universes depending on if space-time is continuous or > discrete which today nobody knows. > > *> when exactly is the split,* >> > > The split starts when a change is made and spreads outward at either the > speed of light or is instantaneous, it makes no difference which, the > results are the same either way so you can think about it in the way you > prefer. > > >> > >> *and how do they instantiate the probabilities that we measure.* >> > > There is one observer for every quantum state Schrodinger's cat is in. > That is exactly the problem. That would suggest that the two outcomes (dead or alive) are equally likely. But it can easily be arranged that one outcome is more probable than the other. MWI cannot account for unequal probabilities. Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQj%2BWC%3D2aizWQH8ROzDKOSSAdSu5A_rGLsCQ1VyT1xS5g%40mail.gmail.com.
