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Listverse : 10 Craziest Scientific Theories

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:12:44 +0000

For anyone who hasn't heard of or just doesn't like the Many Worlds Interpretation, please read this: http://lesswrong.com/lw/r8/and_the_winner_is_many... Many Worlds is the best theory we have so far to describe the fabric of reality.

Listverse : 10 Craziest Scientific Theories

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:53:53 +0000

Many-worlds should really be described as a theory or, more precisely, a metatheory, since it makes statements that are applicable about a range of theories. Many-worlds is the unavoidable implication of any quantum theory which obeys some type of linear wave equation.

Listverse : 10 Craziest Scientific Theories

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:31:03 +0000

To save me trying to explain here, have a look at this http://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm MWI resolves time travel paradoxes because you can never travel back or forward to the same universe. If you go back in time and kill your father, you merely kill your father in a different worldline, ensuring you never exist in that universe. The universe you came from however, is still very real.

Listverse : 10 Craziest Scientific Theories

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:16:25 +0000

Excellent post Ricky. The Many Worlds Interpretation is the most robust interpretation of QM and it does indeed resolve all the paradoxes of time travel. I wish more people understood it because it's a fantastic theory. I also believe our 'free will' is not merely a result of genetics but also a product of arguably deterministic quantum processes in our brains. We have no more free will than a pile of rocks. I'd like to hear your theories if you would consider discussing them informally?