Readers' Choice: The Many Lives of Hugh Everett III

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Everett's view is compelling in providing an alternative to the "lets give up trying to explain what we observe" Copenhagen interpretation, but if the universe splits at every possible alternative quantim event then the number of realities becomes almost infinite and then we cannot analyze or predict the outcomes we observe, so again we are left with a meaningless non-physical theory. Roger Penrose is more likely to be on the right track...

joseph pravda

Well done; I've written a three act play about this unique life, and its progeny---both literal and otherwise (his kids are prinicipal players).

Unlike Dr. Strangelove, I rather see him as a buddhistic fellow, contemplating the truest nature of 'reality', within the very Tree of Knowledge, trapped in its least interesting 'branch'.

J.B. Pravda

Giulio Prisco

I started reading the book, very good so far.

Re "there still would be uncountable numbers [of worlds] in which he was not only happy but his theory won the Nobel Prize"

Not too similar to this world, where the Nobel Prize is never given for theoretical speculations unconfirmed (in this case perhaps unconfirmable) in the lab.

See also the film "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives"

https://vimeo.com/58603054

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There is a good reason why scientists cannot detect a spirit world. After all, there is no conflict if one exists. Consider that physics constants c, speed of light, and h, Planck constant, are arbitrary values. One might expect nature to produce universes as big bangs for all possible values of c and h. We can't measure them because virtual photons of different characteristics are not likely to interact, except under mysterious conditions.

Jason Wolfe

If our universe is fine tuned for life, it could be that all sets of physics constants big bang into existence. They might even overlap. We might share space with ghostly universes that we do not interact with (mostly) as part of a multiverse.

Jason Wolfe

While spirit universes have not been proven to exist (yet), they also have none of the paradoxes that time travel has. They are paradox free.

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Amazed and grateful that a professional investigative journalist has taken the trouble to look into the life of one of science's lesser-sung heroes.

Congratulations and thanks, Mr Byrne!

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