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mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Matt McIrvin) writes:

>mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko) writes:
>>["many worlds" interpretation lacks]
>> ... originality as well. I've read the story (by Marquez, I believe), 
>>where this idea was presented in an interesting way.

>Jorge Luis Borges, perhaps?  I think it was called "The Garden of 
>Forking Paths."

>Olaf Stapledon describes a similar idea quite casually near the end
>of "Star Maker."

Do you know, I've read "The Garden of Forking Paths" many times, the 
first long before I knew any quantum, and I never made the association
between it and the "many worlds" bastardization.  Now every time I read
that story, I'm going to think of that idiocy.  I wish you hadn't
pointed this out.