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

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 15/01/2008, Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:

> It looks like you suppose that the new extra universe has an
> equal energy consumption budget to the old one. So it looks
> like you don't understand that it's like a river branching. The
> sum of the two new branches has the same material sum as
> the original.

Ah, so splitting in standard MWI isn't duplication? The language used
has always puzzled me a little, but Michael Clive Price's FAQ
(http://www.hedweb.com/everett/everett.htm; although I don't know how
much this deserves the title of "standard") seems to come down on the
side of duplication.





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Stathis Papaioannou