Decision Theory is a Red Herring for the Many Worlds Interpretation

Details Decision Theory is a Red Herring for the Many Worlds Interpretation Decision Theory is a Red Herring for the Many Worlds Interpretation

2008-08-18

arxiv.org/abs/0808.2415v3

Physics

Quantum Physics

14 pages; revised to extend remarks on nature of 'probability' within the MWI

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There have been many attempts over the years to derive the Born Rule from the wave equation since Everett's Many Worlds Interpretation was proposed; however, none of these have been satisfactory as shown when critics pointed out loopholes and unsupported assumptions. In this paper the case is made that the currently fashionable decision-theoretic approach founded by David Deutsch and explicated by David Wallace is likewise unsatisfactory. A more fundamental computationalist approach is advocated.

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