From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 17:37:10 MST
In a message dated 19/01/03 23:38:28 GMT Standard Time,
thespike@earthlink.net writes:
> You agree to open the shutter at 8 pm on the day of the next Lotto draw iff
> the winning numbers are 3, 15, 27, 28, 31 and 45.
>
> Is it the case that in those universes where this number set doesn't win,
> versions of you will all see punctate recordings on the detector, while in
> the n million fewer universes where it *does* win, you'll all see an
> interference fringe? Or does the presence of a closed shutter in most
> universes obliterate interference in *all* worlds?
>
> In the 1 in n million test universes where fringes do show, you'll invest in
> a ticket and be rich the next day. Better than *none* of you winning...
>
> (As I recall, the mere possibility of closing the shutter forces the
> non-interference, but maybe that gets finessed in this approach?)
>
>
What about the effect of the n million universes where you chose different
numbers? These would out weigh universes with the same numbers by 14.7
million x n. give or take a bit. Could we take this into account in the
design? maybe shift the location of the device according to the set of
numbers we choose, or would this throw yet more spanners in the equation?
This is similar to another half baked idea I had some years ago. I first
heard of quantum tunnelling from an experiment using an emitter, a blocking
device and a receiver. As usual the details evade my well oiled sieve like
memory.
the result of the experiment was that particles that should have been
blocked, were received as some had tunnelled through the blocking device.
Interestingly, these particles were allegedly received fractionally before
they were transmitted.
It made me wonder if you could run x number of these devices in series. After
each detection, you amplify the signal and transmit to the next receiver. If
enough of these were used, you could send yourself the lottery results.
Alex
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