On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:42 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> One advantage of supposing there are pre-existing worlds which are > identical up the point of differentiation is that it resolves the seeming > paradox that an quantum measurement that two outcomes with probabilities x > and 1-x differentiates into two worlds when x=0.5 and ten worlds when > x=0.1 and infinitely many worlds when x=1/e. It's easier to imagine that > (infinitely?) many pre-existing worlds just dived up 10:1 than that 10 new > ones are differentiated. > > Brent > > > Is this any different from Wei Dai's interpretation of quantum mechanics, described here: http://www.weidai.com/qm-interpretation.txt Jason > On 11/16/2014 1:46 PM, LizR wrote: > > The MWI can also be viewed as not positing that any new worlds are > created, but that the multiverse is a continuum that can differentiate > between previously identical worlds, and can continue to do this forever, > that being a property of a continuum. > > How does Wiseman (appropriate name!) distinguish their theory from the > MWI experimentally. > > (PS Apologies I don't have time to read the paper at the moment.) > > > On 17 November 2014 08:32, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting speculative physics… that makes claims that parallel worlds >> may be testable. >> >> >> >> “A new theory, proposed by Howard Wiseman, Director of the Centre of >> Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University, is different. No new universes are >> ever created. Instead many worlds have existed, side-by-side, since the >> beginning of time. “ >> >> >> >> Regarding the interference patterns detected by the single electron >> double slit experiment (first performed in 1974 at University of Bologna) >> >> >> >> According to Wiseman and his team this interaction between parallel >> worlds leads to just the type of interference patterns observed – implying >> electrons are not waves after all. They have supported their theory by >> running computer simulations of the two-slit experiment using up to 41 >> interacting worlds. “It certainly captured the essential features of peaks >> and troughs in the right places,” says Wiseman. >> >> >> >> https://cosmosmagazine.com/physical-sciences/can-we-test-parallel-worlds >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
