DanielLC comments on On Branching vs Probability - Less Wrong

8 Post author: AlephNeil 21 March 2011 08:14PM

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Comment author: DanielLC 23 March 2011 03:28:32AM 0 points [-]

Sorry, I can't see how your questions relate to my statement.

It was a misunderstanding you cleared up by specifying what you meant by "world".

The reason I say it doesn't explain it is that the notion of "constructive and destructive interference" between different possibilities is deeply bizarre.

The interference isn't between probabilities. They don't contain sufficient information. It's between the amplitudes. Going from amplitudes to probabilities is the weird part. It's not explained by any interpretation.

Comment author: AlephNeil 23 March 2011 03:33:10AM 0 points [-]

The interference isn't between probabilities.

Good thing I didn't say that, then!

It's not explained by any interpretation.

Above, I said of MWI "I don't think that was ever its "purpose"."