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Trying to Understand Many-Worlds Interpretation Better
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Trying to Understand Many-Worlds Interpretation Better
Alright, so I have some idea of how Many-Worlds interpretation works and why it's accepted by many top experts in the relevant fields as the most logical explanation (since it's seen as the most parsimonious and logical explanation for what goes on in the quantum world).

I, for one, do not accept this interpretation as true because I do not put such a high trust in our logic to explain bizarre things that go on in there, so I'm perfectly happy (for now) with the Copenhagen interpretation.

But what I'm interested here in this thread is what exactly does Many-Worlds interpretation imply if it is indeed true.

If MWI is true, does this mean that anything that is possible has 100% happened somewhere in at least one of the infinite parallel universes? Is it really possible that there is a "me" out there somewhere that has done the most heinous things that one could ever imagine?

Must quantum immortality logically follow from the truth of MWI? Are we really each an immortal character in our own universe?

What bizarre things on the macro level have been witnessed in this particular universe that we share (if we even do share the exact same universe) that may hint at the truth of MWI?

What does this tell us about the possibility of Christianity or other religions (or gods) being true? If they are impossible here, would they still be considered impossible in all the other universes no matter how many parallel universes there may be?

What does this tell us about the ability to predict anything in the future given that MWI is true?

Finally, how do you feel about MWI being possibly true?
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Trying to Understand Many-Worlds Interpretation Better - by Grandizer - November 28, 2014 at 9:26 pm

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