Hercules
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Schrödinger\'s cat experiment, infinite worldlines
The many worlds interpretation accepts the wave function derived by quantum mechanics by assuming that there are, in fact, two simultaneous parallel worlds, one in which the cat is dead and one in which the cat is alive.
Now let us apply the concept of infinite worldlines to the Schrödinger’s cat experiment. When the observer opens the box, he finds either a dead or a live cat. Let us assume that the observer is allowed to see when the cat dies. The observer waits for the nucleus to decay while watching the cat for one hour. Since the nucleus decaying is based on probability, the death of the cat can occur at any second. We say it is second, but we do not know the exact time the nucleus decays. So in one worldline, the cat died in one minute. But that does not mean there are 60 worldlines. The cat could also die at 1 minute and 30 seconds, so seconds have to be taken into consideration. But still, it does not mean that there are 3600 worldlines, since an hour has 3600 seconds. May be the cat died at 1 minute and 30 milli seconds.
Theoretically speaking, the exact time the cat dies is unknown and the cat not dying in that one hour is another possibility. Here is where infinite worldlines come into picture. In that one hour, to spot the exact time the cat dies varies each time the experiment is repeated 10^-4, 10^-100, 10^-1000…..infinite.
Thus the interpretation of infinite worldlines could be an answer to incompleteness of the theory of quantum mechanics.
If person travels to the past, he can meet himself. If he ended in another more divergent worldline, he could not meet himself. The reason could be, his father married his mother sometime later than that in the original worldline. So there is a possibility that he can meet his brother or sister(born for his parents, but are not born in his original worldline) rather than meeting himself.
There could be another much more divergent Worldline where his Father married another woman, not his mother. That is much more divergent and a different son/daughter could be born for his father.
Thus the observer once born, lasts forever. There could be infinite possibilities in a person’s life that gives rise to different and infinite worldlines.
The many worlds interpretation accepts the wave function derived by quantum mechanics by assuming that there are, in fact, two simultaneous parallel worlds, one in which the cat is dead and one in which the cat is alive.
Now let us apply the concept of infinite worldlines to the Schrödinger’s cat experiment. When the observer opens the box, he finds either a dead or a live cat. Let us assume that the observer is allowed to see when the cat dies. The observer waits for the nucleus to decay while watching the cat for one hour. Since the nucleus decaying is based on probability, the death of the cat can occur at any second. We say it is second, but we do not know the exact time the nucleus decays. So in one worldline, the cat died in one minute. But that does not mean there are 60 worldlines. The cat could also die at 1 minute and 30 seconds, so seconds have to be taken into consideration. But still, it does not mean that there are 3600 worldlines, since an hour has 3600 seconds. May be the cat died at 1 minute and 30 milli seconds.
Theoretically speaking, the exact time the cat dies is unknown and the cat not dying in that one hour is another possibility. Here is where infinite worldlines come into picture. In that one hour, to spot the exact time the cat dies varies each time the experiment is repeated 10^-4, 10^-100, 10^-1000…..infinite.
Thus the interpretation of infinite worldlines could be an answer to incompleteness of the theory of quantum mechanics.
If person travels to the past, he can meet himself. If he ended in another more divergent worldline, he could not meet himself. The reason could be, his father married his mother sometime later than that in the original worldline. So there is a possibility that he can meet his brother or sister(born for his parents, but are not born in his original worldline) rather than meeting himself.
There could be another much more divergent Worldline where his Father married another woman, not his mother. That is much more divergent and a different son/daughter could be born for his father.
Thus the observer once born, lasts forever. There could be infinite possibilities in a person’s life that gives rise to different and infinite worldlines.