In the event of the ‘many worlds’ theory being true, there should exist a world where the coin flipped in the other direction, and ‘parallel me’ has been gifted 100,000.
If parallel me were to call me on my many worlds quantum iphone (this is my hypothetical, I get to have one), and confirm that he is calling from the universe where the coin went the other way, and he did in fact get paid, presumably contingent on me paying the person in front of me, I would probably pay.
Now, if I dial my many worlds quantum phone, and get an operator error, that means no parallel universe where parallel me won exists, and the ‘coin flip’ either did not happen, or was actually a predetermined event designed to win my mugger $100, in which case, I should not pay, and should probably clobber him on general principle.
Without the use of a hypothetical ‘many worlds quantum iphone’, is there a way to observe a coin laying on the ground displaying a ‘heads’ and prove that the coin was flipped (and therefore had the opportunity to be tails) vs was intentionally placed with the heads facing up.
In the event of the ‘many worlds’ theory being true, there should exist a world where the coin flipped in the other direction, and ‘parallel me’ has been gifted 100,000.
If parallel me were to call me on my many worlds quantum iphone (this is my hypothetical, I get to have one), and confirm that he is calling from the universe where the coin went the other way, and he did in fact get paid, presumably contingent on me paying the person in front of me, I would probably pay.
Now, if I dial my many worlds quantum phone, and get an operator error, that means no parallel universe where parallel me won exists, and the ‘coin flip’ either did not happen, or was actually a predetermined event designed to win my mugger $100, in which case, I should not pay, and should probably clobber him on general principle.
Without the use of a hypothetical ‘many worlds quantum iphone’, is there a way to observe a coin laying on the ground displaying a ‘heads’ and prove that the coin was flipped (and therefore had the opportunity to be tails) vs was intentionally placed with the heads facing up.