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What Is Happening at the First Mirror?
The theory of quantum computation requires that a multi verse exists, says David Wheeler. All objects we can see are multiversal objects which exist in the universe we observe and many others we do not - sometimes with slight, or even very great variations. What we observe is a universe but it is a universe of objects that have fundible instances, perfectly identical instances, in the same place at the same time. And as unpalatable as it might be to some people, this means we're in a multiverse. We cannot explain how a quantum computer does what it does in retrospect by appealing to a single classical history. This, again, is testament to physical reality being more than just a single