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- From: mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko)
- Subject: Re: QM non-causal?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.055446.5946@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
- Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
- References: <1992Dec10.233130.27259@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> <mcirvin.724113994@husc8> <Dec.11.20.57.12.1992.6704@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:54:46 GMT
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- In article <Dec.11.20.57.12.1992.6704@ruhets.rutgers.edu> bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner) writes:
- >mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Matt McIrvin) writes:
- >
- >>mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko) writes:
- >>>["many worlds" interpretation lacks]
- >>> ... originality as well. I've read the story (by Marquez, I believe),
- >>>where this idea was presented in an interesting way.
- >
- >>Jorge Luis Borges, perhaps? I think it was called "The Garden of
- >>Forking Paths."
- Yes, surely, sorry, too bad mistake :->
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- >
- >>Olaf Stapledon describes a similar idea quite casually near the end
- >>of "Star Maker."
- >
- >Do you know, I've read "The Garden of Forking Paths" many times, the
- >first long before I knew any quantum, and I never made the association
- >between it and the "many worlds" bastardization. Now every time I read
- >that story, I'm going to think of that idiocy. I wish you hadn't
- >pointed this out.
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- Too late - try another universe, where it wasn't pointed out.
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