[ExI] potato orbiting Arcturus

scerir scerir at libero.it
Sun Dec 28 20:41:16 UTC 2008


> (I suppose a rigorous Many Worlds adherent might claim
> just that, if it were assumed that *every* option is
> always instantiated, including the option to be a potato
> orbiting Arcturus.)

This rigorous credo has been severely criticized (among
many others) by Dave Bacon (quantum theorist):
http://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2008/11/everything_and_nothing.php

ps: Also "decoherence" has been severely criticized
in the last 3/4 years, an abrégé can be found
in this post by Arnold Neumaier:
http://tinyurl.com/8d6yr9






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