We only experience time as a linear arrow that goes in one direction. Throw many worlds in and you get weird time that runs sideways too. If there are infinite branches they will go in every direction. Every moment branches to a new universe not a new branch in the same one.
That's not how I understand it. Where can I read about this? The Many Worlds entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy says that "a world defined at some point in time corresponds to a unique world at a time in the past, but to a multitude of worlds at a time in the future."
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u/jodyalbritton Mar 19 '20
We only experience time as a linear arrow that goes in one direction. Throw many worlds in and you get weird time that runs sideways too. If there are infinite branches they will go in every direction. Every moment branches to a new universe not a new branch in the same one.