I'll give the scenario you can explain and what I'm looking forward to hearing.
Bob lives on planet earth. One day the universe is split up into 1000 different universes. So now if we observe all 1000 Bobs, how similar will they act in the exact same universe. Will it be identical? Nearly identical? Not at all identical? It's a problem related to determinism, but considering that some natural events truly are random (such as radioactive decay), the question is how much of an impact will all these random events have on our 1000 Bobs?
2006-09-23 13:35:21 · 4 answers · asked by Someone 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
It is an interesting thing that random events tend to neutralize each other. When making educated quantity estimates, the more logical steps that require quantification by estimation, the closer the final answer will be to the truth, because the high and low random errors will cancel.
Now, whatever the above means..., My guess is that the range of Bobnesses in the multiple universes would show less and less variations as the total number increased.
So the more Bobs, the closer to identical they would be.
2006-09-23 15:14:43 · answer #1 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally agree with Gaspode.
You'd have to assume that each of the 1000 universes are identical, with the same chance for random occurrences. This means that each universe is just as likely to have Bob win the lottery, kill his wife, be hit by a bus or burn his toast in the morning. If each universe has the same odds, odds are each universe will be nearly similar with some vastly odd events occuring as infrequently as they do already.
2006-09-23 16:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by Protagonist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You think too much. And I don't think the problem you present is related to determinism at all. I think it is mathematical.
2006-09-23 15:15:10 · answer #3 · answered by No Shortage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they'll be some what similar
2006-09-23 13:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by j_papa123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋