Many Worlds in Context
Quantum Physics
2010-03-25 v2 Popular Physics
Abstract
Everett's Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics is discussed in the context of other physics disputes and other proposed kinds of parallel universes. We find that only a small fraction of the usual objections to Everett's theory are specific to quantum mechanics, and that all of the most controversial issues crop up also in settings that have nothing to do with quantum mechanics.
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@article{arxiv.0905.2182,
title = {Many Worlds in Context},
author = {Max Tegmark},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.2182},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Replaced to match published version. 16 pages, 2 figs, 1 quantum poll. In "Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory and Reality", S. Saunders, J. Barrett, A. Kent & D. Wallace (eds), Oxford Univ. Press (2010)