On Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 5:31:23 AM UTC-7 John Clark wrote:
On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: > *why do you postulate an infinite number of worlds? * *As I've said many times before, I don't demand that and neither does Many Worlds, there might be an infinite number or there might only be an astronomical number to an astronomical power of them, Many Worlds is agnostic on that issue and so am I. * IMO, the MWI does assume an infinite number of worlds, though that infinity might be only countable. You can easily infer that from the countably many energy states of the H atom. AG *> Are you claiming that there are no inherently probabilistic events, e.g. nuclear decay, and it's just a matter of ignorance?* *The short answer is yes. Schrodinger's equation is 100% deterministic and the only assumption Many Worlds makes is that Schrodinger's equation is correct, therefore if Many Worlds is right then the Multiverse must be 100% deterministic. * *> Single world theories also easily explain how "interaction free" measurements work. * *They can tell you how to make a calculation and get the correct answer, but if you are able to form an intuitive mental picture about how interaction free measurement works then you have my SKEPTICAL admiration, you're a better man than I am. * * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* *msa* -- 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/cd5d28ed-74f1-498e-bc34-1b4eda66fe92n%40googlegroups.com.
