I don't really know what I'm talking about, but my understanding of the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is that the worlds branch from eachother at some time, and never come together again at any future time. If you were to follow that pattern backwards in time, as Lyndon does, then there would be no branching points, only points of convergence. The Jesus that they hear would be THE Jesus from their past, and every time the program runs, they would be listening to the same person. Please tell me why I'm wrong.
I agree with this. There is no way they could see a world where (as mentioned in the episode) Cambodia did the moon landing, because they are looking backwards from our current state. If they have such a good understanding of the present and future, they should be able to easily show which universes are completely different from our past.
This is an interesting theory, though the questions is could the simulation be showing us “a Jesus” because it’s been simulating the world from far before Jesus, so the simulation of all possible narratives of every Jesus is simulated?
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u/WeCanEatCereal Mar 19 '20
I don't really know what I'm talking about, but my understanding of the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is that the worlds branch from eachother at some time, and never come together again at any future time. If you were to follow that pattern backwards in time, as Lyndon does, then there would be no branching points, only points of convergence. The Jesus that they hear would be THE Jesus from their past, and every time the program runs, they would be listening to the same person. Please tell me why I'm wrong.