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Re:The cosmological constant is physics’ most embarrassing p... by RobertoG on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @06:06AM (#25999584)
>>"How would one develop an experiment that would result in evidence we live in a multiverse? [..]"

I don't understand this criticism. It's my understanding, the double slit experiment shows interference between universes. What is the alternative? decoherence?, but how do you develop an experiment that result in evidence that decoherence is real?

From a experimental point of view, multiverse have the same evidence that the alternative. From an epistemological point of view, multiverse is a more simple theory. Ergo, until we have more data, we have to prefer the multiverse theory.

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Re:The cosmological constant is physics’ most embarrassing p... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @06:33AM (#25999787)
>decoherence

Yes, the alternative is that classical mechanics is incomplete and quantum mechanics is necessary. And there has been plenty of experiments supporting this conclusion.

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