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	: Thanks DD -- glad you liked it. Thanks for the links. I'll probably confine myself straightforward textural edits for the near future whilst I get the hang of the metatools.--] 12:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)		: Thanks DD -- glad you liked it. Thanks for the links. I'll probably confine myself straightforward textural edits for the near future whilst I get the hang of the metatools.--] 12:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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	== Many-worlds ==
	I agree with your "compromise". An anonymous editor had changed MWI to MWT, which is acceptable to me at least provided some mention is made of that fact that it is also considered an interpretation. However, he also blanked a large portion of the article. An interpretation I regard as a mathematical semantics for a formal theory. In this view of course MW plays the role of a formal theory rather than a semantics.

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	Maybe we could change MWI to simply MW throughout the article. --] 14:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
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	I don't have a problem with MW being either an interpretation or a theory; it is both of course. It is unfortunate that each has perjorative connotations which is why people argue about the terms so much. Metatheory has the advantage of being more precise and comes with fewer negative associations. MWI has the historical primacy and is more acceptable to adherents of other interpretations. My own taste would be a mixture of MW, MWI and MWM throughout the article.

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	A bigger concern is that the MWI article is so inaccesable to the wider, non-technical audience. I'm still a wikipedian newbie so I'll have to leave large scale revisions to others for the moment.--] 01:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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	:: Hmm. I'm partly to blame for that. --] 02:40, 30 April 2006 (UTC)--] 00:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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	::: And a good job you've done, thanks. Perhaps a non-technical "MW for dummies" section would be appropriate to complement the more technical stuff -- a sort of expanded overview? MW is "lucky" in that it is axiomatically more compact than the other interpretations/formulations of QM; someone with the technical QM background can more or less grasp the whole of MW by just changing their viewpoint (or is this too optimistic?) and the general "lay" inquirer is (presumably) only after a non-technical and more philosophical overview. Either way it suggests that a non-technical but detailed presentation is needed. --] 09:57, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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	Dear Michael! Why do you attribute MWI to Bryce deWitt and R Neill Graham (on your user page), but not to Hugh Everett? --] 14:40, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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	Clarified now, I hope. I was refering to the authors of books, not papers. --] 00:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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			== Stop reverting my referenced edits. ==
	Michael, what do think of the extensive additions to the article ] I did today? Maybe we can reverse the obscurantism on this article a bit. Feel free to make changes on what I wrote. --] 15:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

			I put my content back and added another source. ] (]) 20:01, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
	:Looks very good. I like the zipper/DNA example -- too few MWIists understand this point unfortunately. --] 00:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

			:You are degrading the article with changes no one else agrees with - and which are often false. wholey or partially cheers, ] <sup>]</sup> 21:16, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
	Thanks, Michael! I'm thinking of a further addition which explains in terms of the example given why an entanglement (so-called "which way information") prevents interference between two paths. --] 00:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

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	: Obscurantism? Isn't that just a wee bit too unfriendly :) --] 17:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
	Again such a meta-discussion? CSTAR, you ''are'' thin-skinned, I can tell. --] 18:37, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
	:: Oh well :)--] 18:42, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
	:::CSTAR, it's the truth you ''are'' obscure -- I still haven't deciphered your recent contributions on the MWI discussion page and I have absolutely no doubt that most other people feel the same way. Try to remember what the world was like before you learnt all that math!! --] 00:22, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

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	I just found your in the web and I'm overwhelmed by the clarity of your treatment of the subject. Great work, and some very interesting deeper insights: I found the link between '''entropy''' and '''the number of entanglements''' especially interesting. This actually means that thermodynamic irreversibility and the irreversibility in quantum measurements really amount to the same thing!

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	: Absolutely! --] 00:45, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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	I'm very eager to learn more about this idea. Have you ever published anything about this in journals or do you know about anyone else who did?

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	: I can't claim any originality -- Everett and deWitt saw the link between measurement and thermodynamics. The challenge is to express the concepts clearly.--] 00:45, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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	Thanks again for your great work! --] 00:15, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

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	I'll do so and I will also refer to your page. --] 12:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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	Thanks!!--] 08:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

	== Edit wars ==

	You should be aware of the self-styled "certainty war" (in caps) sockpuppet warriors. We'll just have to block these individuals one by one.--] 01:45, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

	Yes, I've reverted three of the idiot's acts of vandalism -- his profile is fairly easy to spot. I was just looking up to see how to report vandals. Any guidance?--] 01:48, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
	: ]. This has also been discussed ]. I have been reluctant to permanently block, but that seems to be the only possible course of action here.--] 01:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
	:: I would have no hesitation about permanently blocking pseudoscience crank vandals; they are not amenable to reason. Still just MHO -- I'm not an admin, and perhaps with that attitude I shouldn't be :-) --] 02:12, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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	Dear Michael, I just wanted to let you know that I found your "you are incapable of NPOV" comment very offensive and wholly uncalled-for. I expect a professional to behave like one. Make your case, give your non-] sources as ref.s and let the chips fall where they may... If I have inadvertently offended you personally I apologize. In return, I am not asking for an apology, but you must agree that civility is the foundation of any sincere debate. -- Prof. ] 03:29, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

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You did very nice edits on Many-worlds interpretation! Welcome to wikipedia! --DenisDiderot 10:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks DD -- glad you liked it. Thanks for the links. I'll probably confine myself straightforward textural edits for the near future whilst I get the hang of the metatools.--Michael C Price 12:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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Stop reverting my referenced edits.

I put my content back and added another source. Johnjbarton (talk) 20:01, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

You are degrading the article with changes no one else agrees with - and which are often false. wholey or partially cheers, Michael C. Price 21:16, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

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