The whole argument is academic. There are always creatures in a forest to hear the noise and see the tree fall, even if it is one lonely squirrel wondering why all this terrain is suddenly going up.
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quote:![]() Originally posted by YT on 05-02-2000 11:30 AM The other possibility is that one day physicists will get there heads out of their asses and determine what makes the equation resolve at one or another eigenstate. Then you could determine the exact time at which the tree might fall, and throw the parrallel universes theory into the trash where it belongs. ![]() |
quote:![]() Originally posted by YT on 05-02-2000 12:25 PM [...] But this is a statement about our ability to abserve, not calculate. [...] Physicists have come up with two reasons to explain why one or the other actually occurs. 1) it must be observed by a conscious being. The act of observation causes the resolution of the equation. 2) Both occur at the point of resolution. One in one universe, and the other in another parrallel universe. Before the resolution, there is only one universe containing the potential for both (the tree has fallen and not at the same time), and the universe splits into two parrallel universes at the time of resolution. [...] ![]() |
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