Recent content by Daniel Valient

I agree with this... mwi doesn't solve the initial problem of why measurement/ consciousness seems to trigger the collapse (or in the case of mwi, the universal split) Tipler is one of my heroes but I do disagree with him on this. There are some very bright scientists (Roger Penrose and many...

I think I disagree with the notion that professional scientists can only communicate with us via textbooks or peer reviewed papers. One of the jobs of a professional scientist is to extrapolate information and present it in a way that is accessible to the masses... But at any rate, here is a...

Which of those scientists support consistent histories? IIRCC consistent histories is sort of like mwi except that the universe where the particle lands is somehow more real than the others ...so I feel it is somewhat similar to Bohm's theories (correct me if I'm wrong on this) I do remember...

Well, I think the first example would be Murray Gell-Man's famous declaration (apparently appropriated from T.H.White) that "Everything not forbidden is compulsory." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarian_principle And then go back to that quote from Max Tegmark (taken from his official...

Yeah there are so many problems with mwi but I'm still open to it because so many of my heroes seem to favor it...David Deutsch, Max Tegmark, Frank Tipler, Richard Feynman...these are some of the brightest minds of our time...not to mention household names in the world of physics like Neil...

Yeah that's what's amazing...after all these years, there is still is not an Interpretation which makes sense. Like David Deutsch has said, if mwi is not true then something REALLY WEIRD is going on...

Well, my common sense tells me your right but many of the experts say that that psychology doesn't really enter it...They would say that subatomic determinism overrides any psychological or social norms. Yeah that's what I'm saying...mwi proponents say that everything happens somewhere in the...

are there any academic papers or writings on this theory? It seems like an interesting idea...

But that's the thing...I think mwi does require this...For example I think that is required that right now, as I'm writing this, our universe is going to branch into a timeline where Bill Clinton suddenly decides that he is in love with Bush and jumps up to book a flight to Texas (or wherever...

ha...yes perhaps I should. But there seem to be problems with all of the other Interpretations as well... I think I need to take a second look at the Bohm/ pilot wave Interpretations...

By the way, I would also be interested in hearing from people who believe in mwi but DON'T necessarily believe that absurd/ low density universes must be represented... Have any of you mwi proponents taken that position?

Okay then...here is a question that may belie my knowledge of the topic. But I have to ask-- If what we perceive as "normal events" make up the overwhelming share of multiversal timelines..does this mean that there are duplicative universes to ensure that "normal timelines" are in the...

I keep going back and forth on mwi. The science seems to point to it being true...but my common sense tells me it doesn't add up (and of course my common sense is probably wrong...)

Okay, thanks for the response. And this is consistent with what people like Tegmark have said... But I'm going to test the limits of what you've just said and ask you the same question that I asked David Deutsch...Is there a universal branch where George W. Bush and Bill Clinton get married? It...

I am just looking for an answer to this question-- Does the Many-Worlds Interpretation demand that every physically possible scenario has to be played out somewhere in the Multiverse? David Deutsch has told me that yes this is true (including absurd/ unlikely scenarios...although those would...