One place I tend to think differently in the context of multiverse theories is behavior that puts other people at risk. Occasionally I am in a hurry and drive too fast through a residential neighborhood. Then afterwards, I think it’s lucky that no young children came running out into the street at the time, I might not have seen them and been able to stop in time. But in the context of the MWI, it did happen in some worlds. My reckless action did not merely have a probability of causing harm, it did cause genuine harm. I directly reduced the measure of living beings. It’s true, I didn’t see the results of my actions; it is a bit like tossing a hand grenade over a wall. I don’t see what happens, but I know bad things did happen out of my sight.
Thinking like this has perhaps moderated some of my more reckless tendencies. I’m not committed to multiverse models but they do seem to have Occam’s razor in their favor.
One place I tend to think differently in the context of multiverse theories is behavior that puts other people at risk. Occasionally I am in a hurry and drive too fast through a residential neighborhood. Then afterwards, I think it’s lucky that no young children came running out into the street at the time, I might not have seen them and been able to stop in time. But in the context of the MWI, it did happen in some worlds. My reckless action did not merely have a probability of causing harm, it did cause genuine harm. I directly reduced the measure of living beings. It’s true, I didn’t see the results of my actions; it is a bit like tossing a hand grenade over a wall. I don’t see what happens, but I know bad things did happen out of my sight.
Thinking like this has perhaps moderated some of my more reckless tendencies. I’m not committed to multiverse models but they do seem to have Occam’s razor in their favor.