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Ep 176: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 2

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Quantum Theory Is Not a Theory of Randomness

The laws of quantum mechanics require an object that is initially at a given position in all universes to spread out in the multiverse sense. For instance, a photon and its other universe counterparts all start from the same point on a glowing filament, but then move in trillions of different directions. When we later make a measurement of what has happened, we too become differentiated as each copy of us sees what has happened in our particular universe. Subjectively speaking, you don't know which universe you're in for a moment to moment, let alone where you're going to be in the future. Quantum theory is not a theory of randomness. It is a theory of objective determinism. Things actually are

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