johnclark

There are 2 probability puzzles that I like: 1) Suppose I tell you that I have 2 children and one of them is a boy, what is the probability that I have 2 boys? The correct answer is not 1/2 but 1/3. How can that be? Well there are 4...

I've just finished this book and its one of the most enjoyable things I've read in a long time. Being a staple of science fiction and the only interpretation of quantum mechanics to enter the popular imagination it's a little surprising that "The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett" by Peter...