On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 3:45:39 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 3:11:27 AM UTC-5, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> >> >> Le jeu. 26 sept. 2019 à 09:41, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> a >> écrit : >> >>> >>> >>> I have one question (for Carroll or Zurek): >>> >>> Suppose world W branches *(in reality, not in "bookkeeping")* to worlds >>> W0 and W1. >>> >>> If reality is pure information (basically purely mathematical bits of 0s >>> and 1s), then that sort of "production" seems OK. >>> >>> But what if W is (or contains) matter. Based on matter contents of W, >>> W0, and W1: >>> >>> *If the matter contents of W0 plus W1 combined is greater than the >>> matter content of W,* >>> *how was the extra matter "produced"?* >>> >> >> If an infinity of indicernable universes already exist at the start and >> are only differentiating/diverging (instead of splitting), then no matter >> is created, all of it was already there. >> >> Quentin >> >> >>> >>> > That's one answer to the question. (Is that the answer in Carroll's book?) > > Is that answer satisfactory to everyone? > > @philipthrift >
Not a plausible answer. It would mean that all possible universes which could be created, existed prior to the BB, or forever backward in time. That is, It assumes the universe "knows" in advance that some lab guy will do a double slit experiment. What's really amazing and depressing about the MWI is that it's presented as simplifying wave mechanics, as if explaining the creation of all that energy and space in those other worlds is a mere triviality. In fact, that problem is rarely, if ever, raised. AG -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/cb456f3d-03e2-4bea-b0d1-83fdb502cf4e%40googlegroups.com.
