From: Nigel Jacob (nsjacob@julian.uwo.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 13 1998 - 10:14:22 MST
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Mark D. Fulwiler wrote:
> The problem with these multiple universe theories is that I know of no way they
> could be proven. And something that cannot be proven is totally irrelevant.
> Therefore, I assume that the "universe" and the four dimensional space-time we live
> in are one and the same. However, whether everything there is includes other
> universes or just the one we can observe, the fact remains that the universe or
> universes are/is the result of (a) quantum fluctuation(s).
A possible experimental test of the Many-Worlds interpretation of
Quantum theory would be to use quantum-computers to simulate the process
of collapsing the Psi-function, since any quantum system is
(theoretically) subject to simulation by a quantum-computer.
Of course the proposed experiment is a few years off yet, but the
current work on quantum-computers is very suggestive.
Cheers,
Nigel.
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