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The philosophical difference is that without collapse, all of the eigenstates contributing to the intial state will get entangled with their own 'copy' of the e
by cygx 9y ago
The philosophical difference is that without collapse, all of the eigenstates contributing to the intial state will get entangled with their own 'copy' of the environment, which is where the moniker many worlds interpretation comes from.
- nabla9 9y agoWhat is unclear to me in the many-worlds hypothesis is the reason whey these 'copies' don't constantly interact with each other and lead to continuous decoherence. How this is justified?
- justinpombrio 9y agoEach of the worlds ends up distinct, e.g. all the air molecules end up in slightly different positions. Worlds that different don't interfere with each other. (This is predicted by the math, the math is the justification.)