June 22, 2026
Multitudes: Taking Quantum Mechanics Literally
Take the quantum equations at face value, refuse the collapse, and you are a branching many the math weighs but never values. On what that leaves of the self.
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Take the quantum equations at face value, refuse the collapse, and you are a branching many the math weighs but never values. On what that leaves of the self.
You think the coin under the cup is already heads or tails. It isn't. You think you are one person, a single thread running through time. You aren't. Take quantum mechanics literally and decline to add the one thing the equations never contained, a …
You share no atoms with your childhood self. Your memories, personality, and values have all changed. What makes you the same person? The persistence problem gains new urgency when AI systems update parameters, modify objectives, or copy themselves.