This only happens in some possible worlds

0Ross • 26th Oct 2009 • Learning

Being a fan of both the Eels and the Many World Interpretation of quantum physics, I was interested to read that:

Hugh Everett III (November 11, 1930 – July 19, 1982) was an American physicist who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics, which he called his “relative state” formulation.

Discouraged by the “scorn” other physicists heaped on MWI, Everett left physics after completing his Ph.D. Afterwards, he developed the use of generalized Lagrange multipliers in operations research and applied this commercially as a defense analyst and a consultant. He enjoyed commercial success for a while, although at the time of his death he was facing financial ruin. He was married to Nancy Everett née Gore, with two children: Elizabeth Everett and Mark Oliver Everett, frontman of the band Eels.

I don’t think that this is one of those ‘Wikipedia facts’ either.