Many worlds and parallel universes

[Dr Jekyll]

Is this still a respectable if minority interpretation of quantum effects? Or is it discredited totally?

I do rather like the idea that somewhere in a parallel universe I'm driving my XJ13 along a derestricted motorway to my job as a TSR2 pilot.

[Dr Jekyll]

Simpo Two said:

If infinity was really infinity then eventually you'd encounter exactly that. And then a bit further along, the same but one of the trees is different.... and so on...

Expect that wouldn't quite be me just someone identical to me. What intrigues me is the thought that what might have happened if I'd done something different in 1967 is being played out somewhere.

Infinity is odd anyway. Not only does everything, however unlikely, happen somewhere. It happens an infinite number of times. But still far less often than more likely things.

[Dr Jekyll]

Simpo Two said:

You could argue that if infinity is infinite then by definition every concievable variant is not only likely but certain!

Exactly, so what do we mean by likely?

[Dr Jekyll]

ATG said:

Dr Jekyll said:

Simpo Two said:

You could argue that if infinity is infinite then by definition every concievable variant is not only likely but certain!

Exactly, so what do we mean by likely?

"Likely" is a relative term. "A is more likely than B" unambiguously means that we expect to see A happen more frequently than B.

....while in an infinite universe everything is certain to happen an infinite number of times.


It's some infinite numbers being higher than others that I have a problem with.

[Dr Jekyll]

Toltec said:

Dr Jekyll said:

Is this still a respectable if minority interpretation of quantum effects? Or is it discredited totally?

I do rather like the idea that somewhere in a parallel universe I'm driving my XJ13 along a derestricted motorway to my job as a TSR2 pilot.

Unfortunately that also means that somewhere you are driving your XJ13 along a derestricted motorway to your job as an estate agent.

You have a point there.