Re: Question about Everett's Quantum Theory

In article <7d53535d-2ede-4222-94f4-4d673c4f4bc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<jonesrob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So at every instant there are infinitely many worlds "spun off"? Each
a tiny bit different from all of the rest?

In the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics (the one that's
often called the "many-worlds" interpretation), there's just one
wavefunction for the Universe, and it always evolves continuously
according to the Schrodinger equation. There are no specific events
associated with the "splitting" of this wavefunction into multiple
"worlds," despite what some popularizations of the theory imply. It's
neither possible nor useful to try to count the number of "worlds"
associated with the wavefunction at any given time. There's just the
wavefunction doing its thing.

-Ted

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