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    "abstract": "In Everett\u0027s many worlds interpretation, where quantum measurements are seen\nas decoherence events, inexact decoherence may let large worlds mangle the\nmemories of observers in small worlds, creating a cutoff in observable world\nsize. I solve a growth-drift-diffusion-absorption model of such a mangled\nworlds scenario, and show that it reproduces the Born probability rule closely,\nthough not exactly. Thus deviations from exact decoherence can allow the Born\nrule to be derived in a many worlds approach via world counting, using a finite\nnumber of worlds and no new fundamental physics.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0303114",
    "authors": [
      "Robin Hanson"
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      "quant-ph"
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    "doi": "10.1098/rspa.2005.1640",
    "journal_ref": "Proceedings of the Royal Society A: 462(2069):1619-1627, May 8,\n  2006.",
    "title": "Drift-Diffusion in Mangled Worlds Quantum Mechanics",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0303114"
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