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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]]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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