Re:Quantum Mechanics for Programmers
by platz on Thursday March 30, 2017 @10:27AM
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Maybe you are trying to explain the Born rule, but I was not claiming to explain that; I've already stated decoherence doesn't explain why we get certain outcomes instead of others.
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It explains what we experience perfectly well. In the simple case of a 50/50 coin flip, there will be two equally real future versions of you. One will see heads, one tails.
You don't need to dive into quantum mechanics to understand this concept; instead, consider being cloned twice while you are asleep, then killing the original.
Your current self knows what will happen; you'll fall asleep and wake up as either one or the other, becoming both but never being both.