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I guess I've always been confused by the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Physics and the fact that it's taken seriously. Like is there any proof at all that universes outside of our own exist?

I admit that I might be dumb, but, how does one look at atoms and say "My God! There must be many worlds than just our one?"

I just never understood how Many Worlds Interpretation was valid, with my, admittedly limited understanding, it just seemed to be a wild guess no more strange than a lot things we consider too outlandish to humor.

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[–] individual@toast.ooo 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure that there is proof. But there are quantum effects like wave function collapse, what a wave or particle seems to exist in multiple ways until measured.

[–] Mirror Giraffe@piefed.social -3 points 1 day ago

An analogy, if you're into programming, is that when the universe splits it will not duplicate the code of the universe but rather branch the state out.

Still though the universe would need some endless amount of memory to handle all the different deltas.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago
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