愛因斯坦曾說:「我不能相信,僅僅是因為看了它一眼,一隻老鼠就使得宇宙發生劇烈的改變。」[13]德克薩斯大學的布萊斯·德威特(Bryce S. DeWitt)表示:「我仍然清晰地記得,當我第一次遇到多世界概念時所受到的震動。100個略有缺陷的自我複製,都在不停地分裂成進一步的複製,而最後面目全非。這個想法是很難符合常識的。」
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