From: Eivind Berge (eivber@online.no)
Date: Sun Dec 29 1996 - 17:10:18 MST
Let's say the universe really splits each time it has to decide if the cat
is dead or alive. No one knows how to prove that this is really the case,
right? But what if you yourself took the place of the cat, and ran the
experiment. Then you ran the experiment again, umpteen times, and observed
that you are still alive. If the many-worlds theory is true, you will
always survive in one of the "new" universes, with knowledge of your
history of good luck. Thus you would have ascertained the splitting nature
of the universe(?).
Someone must have come up with this earlier, since it is so obvious,
but I've had this idea for years and had to ask.
-- Eivind Berge eivber@online.no
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