But the complexities reenter—and the handwaving begins—when you try to find the worlds in the wavefunction. … It is a chronic question in many-worlds theory as to which such components are the worlds, or whether one even needs to specify a particular algebraic breakdown of the universal wavefunction as the decomposition corresponding to reality.
Now, I’m no quantum expert, but this seems to me to be a criticism based entirely on the name; “It’s called many-worlds, so where are the worlds?” Fine. I hereby rename the theory to “much-world”.
Now, I’m no quantum expert, but this seems to me to be a criticism based entirely on the name; “It’s called many-worlds, so where are the worlds?” Fine. I hereby rename the theory to “much-world”.
Take “The Conscious Sorites Paradox” (thanks to Zack_M_Davis for the link) and s/person/world/.