You disregarded my claim that "you implicitly imply in your root comment that MWI implies the existence of an omniverse [...] but provide no justification for this." This was a main point.

I don't need to justify what is common knowledge. Take note of Tegmark, if you and the other down-voters care to.

Under this assumption of literal meaning, I contend that there is a contradiction in the two statements that you wrote.

Wow, so you really think your strawman is sufficient as grounds for objection to what I've claimed as correct? I didn't require sophistication of others here. That's pure nonsense. But by all means, try to impute meaning into my posts where it wasn't.

An argument for your answer is what I would like to see. You state that this is "clear", but again, one of the main purposes of this comment thread is to establish whether your answer is correct or not!

I have. It is quite clear. And the only objections I've seen consist in mere definitional confusions on the part of the "objectors" or who don't seem to demonstrate an understanding of the claims I made, but instead contend that I'm merely being "hostile" and not persuasive enough.

Is the first phrase supposed to have to same meaning as the second phrase?

Not necessarily the same "meaning" but more or less the same pragmatic thrust.

If your arguments are correct, then you have nothing to lose by being more persuasive, and I claim that your tone was overly aggressive and not persuasive for most purposes.

You make an interesting, and fallacious, claim, and continue to hide behind smoke and mirrors by suggesting that I haven't answered your so-called objections.

Going back to your last post:

It is the opposite, where the probabilities are equal, which requires specific preparations...

What exactly is "it"? I'm referring to the universe, not the cat's being dead or alive. What exactly is the relevance of the probabilities being equal, in any case? Does that even impinge on anything I've said, or even anything anyone else has said? Not obviously so.