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wedrifid comments on Problems of the Deutsch-Wallace version of Many Worlds - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: wedrifid 17 December 2011 03:42:07PM 3 points [-]

Then we have people who say that there's one world for each possible outcome, but that some worlds "exist more" than other worlds, or are "more real" than other worlds. I wonder if that answer has ever been tried in a court of law? "Mr Casino Owner, the ball keeps landing on double-zero more often than it ought to." "No, that's not true! It lands on all outcomes equally, but the double-zero outcome is more real than the others."

Jurors not having intuitions based on advanced physics has very little bearing on the details of quantum mechanics. This is an absolutely pathetic argument by local standards!

Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 18 December 2011 03:55:02AM 0 points [-]

It is an attempt to show the absurdity of what is being said, by transposing it to an everyday situation. But perhaps this line of argument will appeal more to the LW sensibility.