On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bruce, > > You claim there's "no mechanism" for assigning observer instances > according to amplitude, but that’s just asserting ignorance as proof. The > wavefunction already assigns amplitude-based structure to branches via > unitary evolution and decoherence. The real question is whether measure > naturally corresponds to observer frequencies—which is exactly what the > Born rule states and what attempts at derivation (e.g., decision theory, > self-locating uncertainty) try to formalize. > > Also, the idea that a "branch encompasses the whole world" is a rough > classical approximation, not a fundamental quantum principle. If the > wavefunction remains a continuous superposition, then what we call a branch > is just a macroscopic partition of underlying structure, not a single > discrete entity. Observer instances scale with measure because the > amplitudes evolve deterministically, and decoherence prevents low-measure > branches from contributing significantly to experience. > > Dismissing this as a "pipe dream" isn’t an argument—it's just an > unwillingness to engage with the actual problem. If you want to claim MWI > can't produce the Born rule, you need more than just repeating that you > don't see how it happens. Again please publish and get the glory with your > refutation. > I am still waiting for your mathematical derivation of the claims you make above. "decoherence prevents low-measure branches from contributing significantly to experience". I think a claim like this needs to be justified. As it stands it just demonstrates that you do not have any remote understanding of decoherence. 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/CAFxXSLSE%3DvcxS%3Dfr4K1HvCouLbt%2BLmashfBLWHt-0dDNY2Z5eA%40mail.gmail.com.
