> On 16 Jun 2018, at 21:34, Lawrence Crowell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 2:25:20 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > On 6/16/2018 2:02 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: >> One hour ago I had coffee. You are now in universe U, where I had >> coffee. Hadn't I had coffee this morning, you would now be in universe >> U', where I didn't have coffee. I guess you could say that I created >> universe U, but I don't think I will be worshiped has a god any time >> soon. >> >> Applying the MWI to this situation, it would look something like this; you >> go into a restaurant and have coffee. As a result, immediately, another >> universe is created which has a copy of you, inclusive of your memories, >> where you DON'T to go into the restaurant. Can't the see the foolishness of >> what the MWI assumes? Namely, everything that's possible to happen, MUST >> happen. AG > > Yes, that's a common conclusion and presumably why this is called the > "everything-list". It isn't actually an implication of QM though. QM > forbids lots of things, https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0702121v1 > <https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0702121v1>. And MWI is just an > interpretation. We don't have a quantum theory of spacetime and when we > do it may rule out the MWI. So one shouldn't become too invested in it or > it's contrary. > > Brent > > Yes, MWI is just an interpretation that is meant to make QM palatable to our > macroscopic or classical-ish ideas on reality. There is no creation of > separate worlds really. The superposition of states exists prior to and after > an observation or decoherent event. It is just that with this "EVENT" an > observer or decoherent set of information is carried along one superposition > in the Hilbert space, while of course there are other such superpositions as > well. Somehow, and Dieter Zeh had this idea of "many minds interpreation," we > are conscious of one path.
Like with the amoeba duplication, or the computationalist self-duplication. That is why it is better (less wrong) to talk of differentiation of personal histories. The term “world” is rarely defined in physics, and is a very abstract notion in logic. Bruno > > LC > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list > <https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
