Re: Questions about MWI and mathematical formalism

2004-05-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
This is a slight expansion on my previous post under the "simulation" thread. 1) The first step is to examine the act of definition. In this case the definition of a "Nothing". Any definition process simultaneously defines two entities. The definition is a boundary between an entity of interes

Questions about MWI and mathematical formalism

2004-05-03 Thread Johnathan Corgan
I'm a layperson fascinated with quantum mechanics and the MWI, and have reached a point where to obtain a better understanding of the qualitative descriptions (universes "splitting", "measure of a universe", etc.) I must learn the mathematical formalism. It appears that the popular descriptions of