Re: SGA--Living it up in the Hotel Stargate Atlantis ("The Last Man" spoilers)

In article <hmjpa5-3lp.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, spike1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
says...
> Dan Lanciani <ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> did eloquently scribble:
> > A Many Worlds interpretation does not allow for interactions between
> > realities.
> 
> Under normal cir***stances, there ARE no such interactions.
> 
> > You can try to hand-wave something that is like Many Worlds but does
allow
> > such interactions (it might be harder than you expect) but the fact
that the
> > quantum mirror lets "you" go back to "your" reality (even after you
turn it
> > off!) argues against infinite branching.
> 
> Who's to say they DID end up back in their reality?
> I think they just ended up in one that was as close to theirs as made no
> odds, with un-noticable differences like a tree growing 1 foot to the
left
> or a blade of grass pointing in a different direction.


Or fish in Jack's pond ;-)