Posted: Jan 21, 2016 1:23 pm
OnNavalTimber wrote:In relation to the following seemingly plausible and intuitively comfortable refutation of Many Worlds Theory:
'...though the physical potential exists, the likelihood of tomorrow's papers headlining The Pope as a murderous gay atheist, seems bleak, to say the least. Therefore, are these many worlds constrained by what is physically possible, or by what is sensibly possible? That is, do mental/emotive concerns dictate what worlds are possible, or simply physical potentials? On the face of it, it would seem that the MWI doesn't have any recourse towards mental potential/agency.'
In the UK that is akin to writing: imagine such an improbable world where the headlines would read that beloved national celebrities: Sir Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris (MBE, CBE), and the politicians Cyril Smith (MBE) were prolific child abusing paedophiles. But we now know they were. If many Worlds Theory is right - a far more plausible world has them as upstanding citizens who always were exactly what they appeared to be.
Completely irrelevant, I'm afraid. The MWI is unscientific, as it cannot be falsified, but this has nothing to do with the Pope, or Cyril Smith!