No, it just means no-one's put enough stress on the 2nd Law yet :) Besides, it's not so much a law as a guideline. Well, a strong statistical tendency....
On 15/04/2008, nichomachus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the description of the quantum immortality gedanken experiment, a > physicist rigs an automatic rifle to a geiger counter to fire into him > upon the detection of an atomic decay event from a bit of radioactive > material. If the many worlds hypothesis is true, the self-awareness of > the physicist will continue to find himself alive after any length of > time in front of his gun, since there exist parallel worlds where the > decay does not occur. > > On a microscopic scale this is analogous to the observing a reality in > which the second law of thermodynamics does not hold. for example, > since there is a non-zero probability that molecular interactions will > result in a decrease in entropy in a particular sealed volume under > observation, there exist histories in which this must be observed. > > This is never observed. Therefore the MWI is shown to be false. > > > -- "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-" Last words of Gen. John Sedgwick, spoken as he looked out over the parapet at enemy lines during the Battle of Spotsylvania in 1864. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
