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Letter: Split decisions

Published 15 October 2014

From Ed Subitzky

In your fascinating article on the multiverse, much is made of the way that my decisions (in this universe) affect what happens to the other versions of me in other universes.

However, isn’t the situation symmetrical? Wouldn’t the decisions of my clones in other universes have as much effect on me as I have on them? And what happens to our conceptions of morality and truth in this two-way – or should I say infinite-way – scenario?
New York City, US

Issue no. 2991 published 18 October 2014

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