Luke_A_Somers comments on How Many Worlds? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 15 December 2011 08:44:43PM 3 points [-]

but the multiverse is growing in total mass and energy about as fast as any growth fuction that you can conceive, and THAT is what makes the direction of time so strong?

That's not how MWI works. These worlds are not being created. The wavefunction of the universe is being split up between them.

Comment author: mwengler 15 December 2011 10:02:54PM 0 points [-]

Are there more of these worlds now than there were 15 billion years ago?

If so, you can call it anything you want, but I vote that "created" is a pretty good term for explaining something that exists now that didn't used to.