Quantum Immortality and dying from old age (Quantum Mechanics brahs GTFIH)

[Drew Peasack]

So the idea behind quantum immortality is that there is always a 'next moment' after a version of you dies.

say you have a revolver with a single bullet in it, spin it put it to your head, pull the trigger, re spin if youre still alive and do it again. according to the many worlds theory of wave function collapse, each time you pull the trigger the universe splits into all the different possible outcomes of that trigger pull. so in one reality you die there are still infinite more where you are still alive. statistically there would also be a universe where you pull the trigger over and over but never die.

so what about old age. say every version of you that dies of unnatural causes eventually dies. what happens after all the surviving versions you die from old age?

 

[freaky]

Quantum physics...You mean dragon ball super. Alternate universes. In one universe Goku dies and stay dead or in another universe Goku gets revived over and over again.

And history are made cuz people died. So if people survived, then history will be changed. All these universes will be different. Too many different universes. Perhaps you're born later or earlier. So maybe in all the universes, you're alive somewhere.

 

[ScriptReadsMe]

So the idea behind quantum immortality is that there is always a 'next moment' after a version of you dies.

say you have a revolver with a single bullet in it, spin it put it to your head, pull the trigger, re spin if youre still alive and do it again. according to the many worlds theory of wave function collapse, each time you pull the trigger the universe splits into all the different possible outcomes of that trigger pull. so in one reality you die there are still infinite more where you are still alive. statistically there would also be a universe where you pull the trigger over and over but never die.

so what about old age. say every version of you that dies of unnatural causes eventually dies. what happens after all the surviving versions you die from old age?

There is no wave function collapse in the many worlds interpretation of QM and like the name says, mechanics of quanta is the mechanics of the intangible things. And you're trying to explain tangible stuff using mechanics of intangible things. It doesn't work that way.

Before we even tackle your question, you have to define in clear terms what death, life, etc. and no one can.

If you're curious, pick up a calculus book and begin with classical mechanics. From then you can work your way up to theory of fields and statistical mechanics. I began recently with Newtonian mechanics and differential calculus. Pretty fucking far from QM but nevertheless interesting. It gives me at least a good appreciation for the work done by our forefathers.

 

[Drew Peasack]

There is no wave function collapse in the many worlds interpretation of QM and like the name says, mechanics of quanta is the mechanics of the intangible things. And you're trying to explain tangible stuff using mechanics of intangible things. It doesn't work that way.

Before we even tackle your question, you have to define in clear terms what death, life, etc. and no one can.

If you're curious, pick up a calculus book and begin with classical mechanics. From then you can work your way up to theory of fields and statistical mechanics. I began recently with Newtonian mechanics and differential calculus. Pretty fucking far from QM but nevertheless interesting. It gives me at least a good appreciation for the work done by our forefathers.

any books you recommend for amateurs

 

[ScriptReadsMe]

any books you recommend for amateurs

Leonard Susskind's Theoretical Minimum would be a place to start, but you still need to know differential and integral calculus to begin with. The book offers a crash course on this, but I wouldn't count on it unless you're an able learner. I wasn't lol His first book has plenty of exercises to keep you entertained. The paperback is pretty cheap online, I bought it for 16$ with shipping. Also worth nothing, his classes are available online as a series of youtube videos. And they cover exactly what the book does. If you follow the classes along with the book, you're in for some treat.