BIBLE: Quantum computers & many worlds

Murphy (gmurphy@imperium.net)
Tue, 27 Aug 1996 08:15:01 -0400

Just a few comments prompted by Glenn Morton's post -
1) Other proposals have been made for experiments to support the Many Worlds
Interpretation (MWI) of quantum theory. E.g., David Albert's "How to Take a Photograph
of Another Everett World", pp. 498-502 in Greenberger (ed.) NEW TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS IN
QUANTUM MEASUREMENT THEORY (NY Academy of Sciences, 1986).
2) I may make bold to note the paper I gave at the 1987 ASA meeting in Colorado
Springs, "Parallel Worlds, Quantum Theory, and Divine Sovereignty". I'd be glad to send
a copy to anyone interested.
3) IF MWI is used, the resolution of a lot of theological questions which it poses
(e.g., what about worlds in which we're all atheists?) probably needs to be
eschatological. "IN THE END, THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS."
SHALOM,
George Murphy