Re: many worlds interpretation

From: Mitchell Porter <mitch.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:48:25 +1000 (EST)

WD:

> On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 05:46:41PM +1000, Mitchell Porter wrote:
> > So I stand by my original claim: the many-worlds interpretation
> > has not been clearly enunciated. Crucial concepts remain undefined
> > in any rigorous way.
>
> Ok, let me give my understanding of what a "world" is in MWI. Suppose we
> take the UWF and consider it as the superposition of two wavefunctions:
>
> PSI = c_0 PSI_0 + c_1 PSI_1.
>
> If from examining the time evolution of PSI, we can tell that there is
> very little interference between PSI_0 and PSI_1 after time t_1,

Can you define what "interference" means here?

-mitch
http://www.thehub.com.au/~mitch
Received on Thu Feb 19 1998 - 20:50:25 PST

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