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Comment author: khafra 09 May 2012 08:12:48PM 0 points [-]

I can't math, but as I understand it, branches merge only when they happen to become identical. So, unless your earthbound suicide attempts end up putting you in a situation physically indistiguishable from your MWI-cousin on an alien ship, you won't merge.