爱因斯坦曾说:“我不能相信,仅仅是因为看了它一眼,一只老鼠就使得宇宙发生剧烈的改变。”[13]德克萨斯大学的布莱斯·德威特(Bryce S. DeWitt)表示:“我仍然清晰地记得,当我第一次遇到多世界概念时所受到的震动。100个略有缺陷的自我复制,都在不停地分裂成进一步的复制,而最后面目全非。这个想法是很难符合常识的。”
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