scerir wrote: > David wrote: > > Furthermore if I witness a crash where someone dies can I assume that > > the victim will survive in their own "world" so far as at least one > > quantum branch of survivability seems possible? > > David Kwinter > > In case, after the crash, there is somebody who is really dying > (and who does not believe in MWI) you can also try this desperate > procedure. > - Measure on the dying subject, at the 'right' moment, that is to > say when he is 'really' dying, the projection operator on the state > 'psi'; > - There are chances that the state of the dying subject will become > 'psi'; > - Then measure whether the resulting dying subject, in the state > 'psi', is alive or dead; > - There are chances it will turn out to be alive; > - You can also repeat this procedure more times, in case of necessity.
I have heard that Schrodinger tried to revive his cat that way and found out that it only works nine out of ten times... (Sorry! I couldn't resist...) -Joao Leao -- Joao Pedro Leao ::: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 1815 Massachussetts Av. , Cambridge MA 02140 Work Phone: (617)-496-7990 extension 124 Cell-Phone: (617)-817-1800 ---------------------------------------------- "All generalizations are abusive (specially this one!)" -------------------------------------------------------
