Could Huge Everetts Many World's Theory actually be right?

Question

Could the universe really be splitting everytime we do something? Is it really impossible? Should they teach this is university classes, or even high school classes? Or should Niels Bohr theory still be taught?

As an interpretation of his theory. Couldn't it be possible in everyone's mind that we all live to be 100+ years old, because we are only aware of the universe we are in. But in many parallel universes that person is actually dead because of various close accidents that person has (car accident)?

Answer 1

"Many Worlds" is not a theory. It is not a theory because it makes no predictions regarding outcomes of experiments. Therefore it is useless metaphysics. It is taught in university, usually by philosophers.

In my class, the correct interpretation of Quantum Mechanics is "Shut Up and Calculate."

Bohr's model (again not a theory) is taught only as an exercise. The correct theory of nonrelativistic QM is Schrodinger & Heisenberg's.

Answer 2

We usually mention both interpretations in basic QM class because they make identical predictions as to what we observe. It doesn't matter if the world is always splitting so long as those other worlds don't effect us. Consequently, we usually go with the Copenhagen interpretation just because it is simpler (Occam's razor). At the end of the day, it's a moot point that noone should lose any sleep over.

Answer 3

To an observer looking at our universe from the outside, yes, there may be multiple universes. Or, just as likely, the universe may be constantly changing with each new version superimposing itself on the old version.

But alas, we live are here in this universe, and we cannot observer, nor communicate with any other universes. Whether they exist or not, we don't know, nor could we ever know. So, if they exist, they are irrelevant to our day to day existence and to our observations.

Go enjoy movies such as "Back to the Future" and "The Butterfly effect" because they are as close as you and I will ever be to observing a multiverse.

Answer 4

The thing is our universe is complex and not something which can be deciphered easily unless we become superhumans like Superman. I don't know all the study of Quantum mechanics and relativity that we have been taught in college and universities is so very complex and difficult to understand coz the people teaching it are not aware of wat they r teaching themselves lol I know I did schrodingers equation and wat not but at the end i only fell in love with the name of the scientist then Physics and it's relative theory proving something which the professors cudn't explain for the simple reason that they don't have a space ship lol else a person like me whoz practical and believes in practical wud want to look with her own eyes wat lies beyond. So for me it's like maybe there r changes and maybe the universe is splitting but then again it's some force making it happen. For the same reason I believe in Supernatural power controlling us for I don't know how and who created living beings in the first place. So I fell there is a much more great experimentor in the universe doing his / her projects.