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many-worlds interpretation

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noun

  1. an interpretation of quantum mechanics based on the idea that every possible event exists in its own world

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But if you subscribe to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, there’s another universe somewhere in which everybody — whether teen, adult, male, female or nonbinary — sings just like Alanis Morissette.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics states that every possible outcome to every decision ever made will each happen, and each outcome exists in its own parallel universe.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2019

One of the young physicists in Austin at the time was David Deutsch, who later became a staunch advocate of the many-worlds interpretation.

From Scientific American • Mar. 21, 2018

Ball is at his liveliest when incisively critiquing the many-worlds interpretation.

From Nature • Mar. 19, 2018

In quantum mechanics, the many-worlds interpretation states that every event causes the universe to split off into different versions that encompass all possibilities.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2017

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