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rbanffyyesterday at 8:14 PM3 repliesview on HN

If we think of the many worlds interpretation, how many universes will we be making every time we assign a CCUID to something?


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petcatyesterday at 9:07 PM

> many worlds interpretation

These are only namespaces. Many worlds can have all the same (many) random numbers and they will never conflict with each other!

shiandowyesterday at 9:31 PM

In that interpretation the total number of worlds does not change.

antonvsyesterday at 8:29 PM

We don't "make" universes in the MWI. The universal wavefunction evolves to include all reachable quantum states. It's deterministic, because it encompasses all allowed possibilities.

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