cousin_it comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: NancyLebovitz 09 August 2010 11:18PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 02 September 2010 08:32:34PM *  0 points [-]

I think you're equivocating on "mathematical formulation". We want theories to predict the future. The algorithm that assigns probabilities to your future observations is the same, and equally mysterious, across all interpretations. MWI does raise the tantalizing possibility that the Born rule might not be part of basic physics - that it might somehow emerge from a universe without it - but AFAIK this isn't settled yet.