Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that … - Murray Gell-Mann

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We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.

Murray Gell-Mann

Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality.

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My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game. I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results. How can it be that writing down a few simple and elegant formulae, like short poems governed by strict rules such as those of the sonnet or the waka, can predict universal regularities of Nature?

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Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect

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