On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's not a quote. I made it up (when have I ever put words in your > mouth?). If there are two possible outcomes Heads and Tails then according > to Everett on each trial they both occur, albeit in different "worlds", and > hence there will be equal numbers of H's and T's regardless of whether the > coin is fair or loaded. > I am sorry. I thought I was responding to Clark's comment on my position. You are right, according to Everett's theory there will be equal numbers of heads and tails. across the whole 2^N sequences. And this occurs regardless of whether the coin is fair or not (regardless of the 'probability of success'). My point was rather that there is a head and tail outcome on every trial -- which probably amounts to the same thing, though with different emphasis. Bruce On 9/15/2025 4:07 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > *> But Everett entails that on every trial there will be an equal number >> of heads and tails across all worlds.* >> > Where did you get that quote from? It seems that you are indulging in your standard pastime of putting words into people's mouths. What I actually said was: "This is in obvious conflict with Everett's approach in which every outcome occurs on every trial." Which is not the same as your suggestion. 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQMWwQivveA9iSJSpq%2BGKm52o7JtE73TJTHE3FsRQmz%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com.
