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I think that's an exaggeration and misconception of the science that is often promulgated by pop culture scientists because it sounds so sexy and romantic.

When you boil down the branching world-line effect it happens at the sub-atomic scale. But here's the thing, whether or not a single electron decoheres or not that effectively has nothing to do with trillions of trillions of assembled atoms in the form of living persons deciding to blink or not blink their eyes or walks across the street and get hit by a car or elect a certain person president.

In the same way that a hundred trillion trillion atoms will not spontaneously assemble themselves into an aircraft carrier in the lifespan of this universe, the random branching effect of trillions of trillions of atomic states does not add up to any specific sustained macro scale event, let alone infinitely higher order magnitude sequences such as an entire nation electing a certain person (at least in the allotted time of this universe)

The "In another reality I'm the president" thing has been grossly distorted for the sake of sensationalism.

<blockquote data-quote="DamnDirtyApe" data-source="post: 76691" data-attributes="member: 527">I think that&#039;s an exaggeration and misconception of the science that is often promulgated by pop culture scientists because it sounds so sexy and romantic.When you boil down the branching world-line effect it happens at the sub-atomic scale. But here&#039;s the thing, whether or not a single electron decoheres or not that effectively has nothing to do with trillions of trillions of assembled atoms in the form of living persons deciding to blink or not blink their eyes or walks across the street and get hit by a car or elect&nbsp; a certain person president.In the same way that a hundred&nbsp; trillion trillion atoms will not spontaneously assemble themselves into an aircraft carrier&nbsp; in the lifespan of this universe, the random branching effect of trillions of trillions of atomic states does not add up to any specific sustained macro scale event, let alone infinitely higher order magnitude sequences such as an entire nation electing a certain person (at least in the allotted time of this universe)The &quot;In another reality I&#039;m the president&quot; thing has been grossly distorted for the sake of sensationalism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DamnDirtyApe, post: 76691, member: 527"] I think that's an exaggeration and misconception of the science that is often promulgated by pop culture scientists because it sounds so sexy and romantic. When you boil down the branching world-line effect it happens at the sub-atomic scale. But here's the thing, whether or not a single electron decoheres or not that effectively has nothing to do with trillions of trillions of assembled atoms in the form of living persons deciding to blink or not blink their eyes or walks across the street and get hit by a car or elect a certain person president. In the same way that a hundred trillion trillion atoms will not spontaneously assemble themselves into an aircraft carrier in the lifespan of this universe, the random branching effect of trillions of trillions of atomic states does not add up to any specific sustained macro scale event, let alone infinitely higher order magnitude sequences such as an entire nation electing a certain person (at least in the allotted time of this universe) The "In another reality I'm the president" thing has been grossly distorted for the sake of sensationalism. [/QUOTE]

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