From W
Surely decisions that hive off a new universe must ultimately derive from the sort of quantum event that decides the fate of Schrödinger’s cat, and are rare.
Free will aside, the choice of whether to tuck into a sticky bun, for example, will be based on whether you are hungry, gluttonous or sweet-toothed, but not on the random radioactive decay of one of your brain’s carbon-14 atoms.
A bit of metaphysical masturbation is healthy, but for those people locked in stasis, staring at a plum crumble and worrying about the effect on the diabetes of their multiversions if they scoff it, I say: get a grip!
Stirling, UK
. P. O'Donnell
