[ExI] Future and past was Many Worlds

hkhenson hkhenson at rogers.com
Wed Jan 9 12:38:34 UTC 2008


At 09:22 PM 1/8/2008, Rafal wrote:
>On Jan 8, 2008 10:41 PM, hkhenson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> > One of the things which falls out is that the past is as uncertain as
> > the future.  I.e., *many* pasts could have contributed to the current
> > reality (whatever that happens to be).
>
>### I'd rather say, 1 << N(past) << N(future). The number of possible
>futures is much larger than the number of possible pasts, and both are
>unimaginably numerous.

Time symmetry would argue for the number of past and future states to 
be the same.  I don't think it is a good idea to go any further with 
this line of thinking.

Keith





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