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   Lawrence Crowell to Michael Cole   
   Re: The Fatal Flaw of Many Worlds   
   17 Jun 19 00:52:26   
   
   From: goldenfieldquaternions@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 10:41:37 AM UTC-5, Michael Cole wrote:   
   > In my humble opinion, the \_fatal flaw_/ of many worlds is   
   > that it is metaphysics, not science.  That interpretation of QM is   
   > untestable. It is fun to think about, but it is a question of philosophy   
   > that is outside the province of science.   
      
   This is the case for all quantum interpretations. They are auxiliary   
   postulates added onto QM. There seems to be no experimental criterion   
   to determine which of any is correct.   
      
   [[Mod. note -- Exactly.  If there were an experimental way to   
   distinguish one interpretation of QM from another, or to refute   
   some of them, then we wouldn't still be arguing about interpretations   
   90 years after the birth of QM!   
   -- jt]]   
      
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