Once the students of physics were debating various interpretations of quantum mechanics. Prof. Nansen held up the cat and said: “Students! If this quantum random number generator displays zero, I will spare the cat. If it displays one, I will put it to the sword.” The random number generator displayed one, so Nansen slew it.
After the lecture, when Prof. Joshu entered the classroom, Nansen told him what had happened. “Don’t be sad, though. The cat is still alive, only in a parallel Everett branch,” he said.
“I guess there is also a parallel Everett branch where people wear sandals on their heads instead of their feet. If that has no impact on our behavior in this branch, neither should have the fact that the cat is living in some other branch,” Joshu said.
“Oh crap. If you had told me this sooner, I would have spared the cat,” Nansen said.
Once the students of physics were debating various interpretations of quantum mechanics. Prof. Nansen held up the cat and said: “Students! If this quantum random number generator displays zero, I will spare the cat. If it displays one, I will put it to the sword.” The random number generator displayed one, so Nansen slew it.
After the lecture, when Prof. Joshu entered the classroom, Nansen told him what had happened. “Don’t be sad, though. The cat is still alive, only in a parallel Everett branch,” he said.
“I guess there is also a parallel Everett branch where people wear sandals on their heads instead of their feet. If that has no impact on our behavior in this branch, neither should have the fact that the cat is living in some other branch,” Joshu said.
“Oh crap. If you had told me this sooner, I would have spared the cat,” Nansen said.
From now on at least, this is a good lesson for those who count on those parallel worlds. I hope. At least in THIS branch.