Probabilities and Shannon's Entropy in the Everett Many-Worlds Theory

Following a controversial suggestion by David Deutsch that decision theory can solve the problem of probabilities in the Everett many-worlds we suggest that the probabilities are induced by Shannon's entropy that measures the uncertainty of events. We argue that a relational person prefers ce...

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Main Authors: Andreas Wichert, Catarina Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphy.2016.00047/full