The thought experiment that says you can't die (from your own perspective)
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#76AW0)
Quantum suicide is a thought experiment that takes Schrodinger's cat and puts you inside the box. The setup: a device kills you based on a quantum measurement with a 50/50 chance. Under the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, every possible outcome actually happens - so there's always a branch where you survive. - Read the rest
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