[ExI] Many Worlds (was: A Simulation Argument)

Vladimir Nesov robotact at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 11:55:29 UTC 2008


On Jan 14, 2008 8:14 AM, John K Clark <jonkc at att.net> wrote:
>
> I spin why filter at random and it settles at 79 degrees, if my photon makes
> it through my filter and you set your filter at 79 degrees there is a 100%
> chance your photon 2 billion light years away will make it through your
> filter too. If my photon is stopped by my filter there is zero chance your
> photon will make it through your filter set at 79. Either way it's clear
> that the number 79 is of special significance to both photons,
> but I picked that number at random just before the photon hit the filter.
>
> So the instant my photon was born on the other side of the universe it
> must have known that in a billion years it would hit my filter and it
> would be set at 79 degrees. It then told its brother photon all about it
> and then they both went on their epic journeys in opposite directions.
> And yes, I find that weird and no, you can't do that with Email.
>

Oh, I see. Thank you, it's fascinating.
I assume that probability distributions for different outcomes on one
end add up to give a uniform distribution at another, so that you
can't transfer information by manipulating angles. Bummer.

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Vladimir Nesov                            mailto:robotact at gmail.com



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