A non-branching interpretation of the universal wavefunction

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The discussion centers on the concept of the universal wavefunction and its interpretation as a continuous moment of self-measurement. A participant suggests that the universe exists solely to measure its own physical state throughout its evolutionary history. However, this idea is dismissed by another user, @BohmianRealist, who emphasizes that personal speculations are not allowed in the forum, leading to the closure of the thread.

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Would it make sense to say that the entire evolutionary history of the universal wavefunction could simply be a single, continuous moment of self-measurement?

In other words, that the universe exists for no other reason than to be the apparatus that is always in the process of measuring its own physical state, from the beginning of time to now?
 
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@BohmianRealist, although the rules in the QM interpretations forum are somewhat more permissive than in the regular QM forum, they still do not permit personal speculations.

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