A lttile though on multiverses.

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The discussion revolves around the concept of multiverses, particularly in relation to quantum mechanics and the implications of parallel universes on individual identity and experiences. Participants explore the validity of a hypothesis regarding the connection between alternate selves in different universes and the effects of quantum entanglement.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant proposes a scenario where a decision to expose oneself to radiation creates parallel universes, suggesting that both versions of themselves would share identical quantum information and experiences.
  • Another participant counters that in a Level-I Multiverse, there is no connection between copies of oneself, arguing that each would evolve independently based on their choices.
  • A different participant introduces the idea that two atoms with identical quantum information might share a bond, suggesting a potential connection between alternate selves if they exist in different universes.
  • Another reply challenges the connection between quantum entanglement and multiverses, stating that having the same quantum properties does not imply entanglement or shared experiences.
  • A later post references a previous discussion on quantum cosmology and the "consistent histories formulation," indicating that different histories can emerge from different inquiries, though it does not directly address the multiverse hypothesis.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the relationship between alternate selves in multiverses, with no consensus reached regarding the validity of connections between them or the implications of quantum entanglement.

Contextual Notes

Some claims about quantum entanglement and its relation to multiverses remain unresolved, and assumptions about the nature of parallel universes and their connections are not fully explored.

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First of all, I'm a newcomer to quantum subjects, and if there are any mistakes in my exposure please don't get mad. And, of course, please corrcet me.
Using the multiverse teory (every possibility will originate a new universe) I thought of a problem:
Imagine I though of exposing myself to radiation (for whatever reason), if I consider seriously that option, it becomes a possibility, and then I changed my mind, in another universe I would go and expose myself.
Then there would be two mes, one safe and another in exposure, but our quantiqual information would be the exact same, and thus we would enter at a paralelism, everything that happens to him happens to me, and his atoms would start changing by radiation, and so would mine, and if gets cancer so will I.
Is this hipothesis valid?
 
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Gedatsu said:
and thus we would enter at a paralelism, everything that happens to him happens to me

If you are assuming something like a Level-I Multiverse, there's absolutely no connection between your copy and you.

What do you mean by "entering to a parallelism together"?

Your copy would be evolving in an entirely different fashion if it chooses to expose himself to high levels of radiation.

There's no connection between you and your copies.
 
Actually there have been some experimentations and it seems that two things with the exact same information share a bond.
Two atoms with exact same inf. (spin etc.) would connect and if one lost an eletron, so would the other.
So if another me exists, it has the exact same info. and if it's atoms where altered so would mine.
I'm still a begginer at this subject though.
 
Gedatsu said:
Actually there have been some experimentations and it seems that two things with the exact same information share a bond.
Two atoms with exact same inf. (spin etc.) would connect and if one lost an eletron, so would the other.
So if another me exists, it has the exact same info. and if it's atoms where altered so would mine.
I'm still a begginer at this subject though.

No. Not at all. Relating entanglement to multiverses is based on nothing. Things with the same spin/other quantum numbers are not automatically entangled...
 
In a thread earlier (Past Uncertainty) today I posted the following which sheds a little light on your question:

I finally found a brief reference I was seeking: I had hoped, here, to possibly receive some interpretations of Fay Dowker/James Hartle/Murray Gell Mann's "consistent histories formulation" of quantum cosmology, a formulation based on decoherence...or even better, some more recent work of others or updates...

Different histories apparently CAN be elicited via different inquiries...The reference dates to a Quantum Gravity conference, Durham England, 1995...and I have not seen anything else since...It's a brief passage in Lee Smolin's THREE ROADS TO QUANTUM GRAVITY, pAGE 43-45, 2001...

You may wish to follow that thread and see if anyone has answers...
 

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