nshepperd comments on Causal Reference - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 October 2012 10:12PM

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Comment author: nshepperd 25 October 2012 04:03:35PM 3 points [-]

Every decoherent branch is epiphenomenal with respect to any other.

Not really true. The continuity of the schroedinger equation means eventually the existence of any branch should have some effect on the evolution of any other branch. However, it might be impossible to measure in any way as far as a human is concerned, for the simple reasons of complexity of the math and the tiny size of the effect.

Comment author: DaFranker 26 October 2012 02:22:57PM 1 point [-]

(...) impossible (...) for the simple reason of (...) complexity of the math (...) tiny size.

While you might be right this time, empirically we've observed that whenever someone said something was impossible because it was too mathematically complex or involved sizes too small, someone came up with Radio Waves or a Theory of General Relativity.

Just something that made me chuckle.