Edit: original thesis not thesis. There were two versions, a longer version with more proofs and detail and a shorter version ordered by Bohr which is sadly truncated and watered down.
This is one of those “unask that question grasshopper!” situations.
There is according to Everett, just one world, consisting of the wave function.
As macroscopic beings we experience a projection of that wave function onto a lower dimensional space. One can think of one projection as one ‘world’ but really there is just one world. You have to read the whole thing unfortunately to really see it.
As quantum measurements occur the projections ‘split’. This creates the illusion of indeterminacy because we only see part of the world.
Everett’s model does not even explain simple state transitions. let alone anything more interesting, like radioactive decay.
Having read his thesis I think it does. Why not?
Edit: original thesis not thesis. There were two versions, a longer version with more proofs and detail and a shorter version ordered by Bohr which is sadly truncated and watered down.
How many worlds are created when an atom emits a photon when going from an excited state to the ground state?
I suspect you have not read his thesis.
The number of worlds is really measure not count.
The issue is not whether the number of worlds in finite or infinite, but when the worlds come into existence. When do you think it happens?
This is one of those “unask that question grasshopper!” situations.
There is according to Everett, just one world, consisting of the wave function.
As macroscopic beings we experience a projection of that wave function onto a lower dimensional space. One can think of one projection as one ‘world’ but really there is just one world. You have to read the whole thing unfortunately to really see it.
As quantum measurements occur the projections ‘split’. This creates the illusion of indeterminacy because we only see part of the world.