Fun fact: while mainstream quantum mechanics says the cat’s superposition collapses when it observes the vial of poison, many worlds theory says the cat stays in superposition, and so do you once you open the box. In fact, the entire universe is a waveform in superposition.
It’s more like they’re taking an overly literal interpretation of highly abstracted and complex math. Some physicists want the universe to be mysterious and strange, but that holds them back from seeing the deeper mysteries and strangeness because they get stuck on their pet interpretation.
If Christopher Columbus had died of a stroke before he lead his expedition to the Americas, all of modern history would have been at least a little different. Most people alive today would not exist in the same form. Our parents wouldn’t have boinked at the same time they did, the same sperm would not have fertilised those eggs, we would all be different people.
There is some quantum probability that Columbus would have had a stroke. Not a high one, but it’s perfectly possible, through quantum tunneling if nothing else. Thus, the earth’s waveform is in superposition between that version of history and this one. You don’t have to call that a different universe, but the authors of the many worlds theory do.
Fun fact: while mainstream quantum mechanics says the cat’s superposition collapses when it observes the vial of poison, many worlds theory says the cat stays in superposition, and so do you once you open the box. In fact, the entire universe is a waveform in superposition.
Sometimes it’s very difficult to believe that they’re not just making it all up based on nothing while SUPER high.
This is one of those times 😄
It’s more like they’re taking an overly literal interpretation of highly abstracted and complex math. Some physicists want the universe to be mysterious and strange, but that holds them back from seeing the deeper mysteries and strangeness because they get stuck on their pet interpretation.
Tbf, one can assert that observation is an entanglement with the observed wave function without needing different universes.
If Christopher Columbus had died of a stroke before he lead his expedition to the Americas, all of modern history would have been at least a little different. Most people alive today would not exist in the same form. Our parents wouldn’t have boinked at the same time they did, the same sperm would not have fertilised those eggs, we would all be different people.
There is some quantum probability that Columbus would have had a stroke. Not a high one, but it’s perfectly possible, through quantum tunneling if nothing else. Thus, the earth’s waveform is in superposition between that version of history and this one. You don’t have to call that a different universe, but the authors of the many worlds theory do.
Sounds like you’re saying we’re all just energy. So the ancient masters were right!
We’re all just waves of probability.