Why does there need to be a causal relationship with us (or our Universe/light cone/whatever) for something to exist? As I understand it (actually, as I understand Carroll) many-worlds is a straight mathematical consequence of the Schrodinger equation. His argument is that every other explanation requires adding something to the equation; many-worlds is the most parsimonious. I can see why we would say nothing with no causal relationship to us matters, but not why nothing with no causal relationship exists.
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Barely related: I got a digital license plate (reviver.com, only available in CA, AZ, and MI). Same info as my regular plate but digital lol. The only practical advantage is it automatically updates when you renew your registration, so no dealing with stickers. Anyway, you can put a little customizable message at the bottom, which requires approval. If I ever get pulled over I’m going to attempt to switch it to “Blue Lives Matter” on the fly. Will probably get me shot for fiddling with my phone during the stop.
I use one of these because I couldnt get the car without it, in my opinion $8/month is a complete scam, the device costs $750 and my understanding is that after a few years when the battery dies it’s multiple hundreds to replace.
my registration process was nice though. I paid reviver the money and the only hiccup was I was looking for something from the dmv in the mail but reviver sent me the tags.
In california it’s very strict what you can put underneath the plate - mine says “LOL” currently but I submitted a few hashtags for approval.
maybe women just want someone who isn’t always posting on twitter or a rando political forum on their phone all the time? attractiveness as a bonus but not a deal breaker
I’m worried I’ll get pulled over because I put the tags in the locations the instructions said to put them in, which is different from where I put them before and where everyone else with this style of plate puts them and where the plates themselves indicate to put them. I’m the idiot who actually read the directions.
My wife once got a ticket while the had the fraternal order of police sticker in her window. Ever since, she tells them to fuck right off when they call asking for donations.
