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The fatal flaw in the Many Worlds Interpretation (MWI)?

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In the double slit experiment, an interference pattern is created by individual photons travelling through both slits and interfering with themselves. The MWI proposes that the photon goes through both slits but as branches in different universes. These universes are separate and do not interact with each other. If these universes can’t interact with each other how can an interference pattern be created?

asked Jul 20, 2020 in Theoretical Physics by Rex5 (0 points) [ no revision ]
recategorized Jul 23, 2020 by Dilaton

Interference is not an interaction ;-)

commented Jul 20, 2020 by Vladimir Kalitvianski (102 points) [ no revision ]

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