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2 Post author: smk 14 December 2011 02:51PM

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Comment author: Emile 14 December 2011 03:27:35PM 18 points [-]

How many ink blots are in this picture ?

For "many worlds", imagine that evolving in time, with fuzzy borders.

The Many Worlds Interpretation doesn't imply a countable number of worlds that suddenly branch, it's more like a fuzzy continuum; talking of branching worlds and timelines is just a high-level abstraction that makes things easier to discuss.

Comment author: [deleted] 14 December 2011 03:38:56PM 11 points [-]

How many ink blots are in this picture?

This is a really good analogy to explain what a wrong question is.