A physicist argues that information is at the root of everything

Re:A physicist argues that information is at the root of eve... by hga on Sunday April 25, 2010 @08:02PM (#1293761)

"Whether a physicist (in modern times and below a certain age) espouses MWI is quickly becoming a great litmus test for whether you should bother listening to them on anything that isn't established textbook material."

Errr, do you mean you should bother listening or not bother?

My understanding of MWI doesn't go much beyond what I could understand of an early Wheeler paper (I thought it was from the mid-40s, but Wikipedia says MWI starts with the thesis of a student of his with the first publication in 1957 ... and I read that paper (whenever it was published) 25 years ago so it's gotten pretty fuzzy).

Hmmm, Wikipedia says MWI "along with the other decoherence interpretations and the Copenhagen interpretation" are the mainstream interpretations, so I suspect that answers my question.

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Re:A physicist argues that information is at the root of eve... by ovi256 on Sunday April 25, 2010 @09:15PM (#1293884)

  My understanding of MWI doesn't go much beyond what I could understand of an early Wheeler paper (I thought it was from the mid-40s, but Wikipedia says MWI starts with the thesis of a student of his with the first publication in 1957 ... and I read that paper (whenever it was published) 25 years ago so it's gotten pretty fuzzy).

Well, in this universe it started in '57. In yours, it seems, it is different. Where are you from traveller ?

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