Josh Hedgepeth
asked:
Am I to understand, given the many worlds interpretation, I can be guaranteed to win the lottery by playing using a quantum number generator to pick my numbers, or is there something I'm missing here? Obviously, by "I", I mean some version of myself.
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Josh Hedgepeth
He answered this. The answer is yes. https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/stat...
Ivano
You can even play with the idea further and enjoy this mind-boggling novel from Greg Egan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Paññādhammika Bhikkhu
We still need to think as if we live in a single universe and evaluate that probability as normal. To see the cost-benefit analysis. In gambling, the house always wins.
Jerry Smith
I feel like he answered this on Ezra Klein's podcast. I don't remember exactly but he seemed to say no. Or possibly it was because all the other 'you's' would have lost it wouldn't be worth it. Sorry I couldn't remember exactly but check out that episode it was a good talk.
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