[jerf]

It's not a story, but AFAIK I independently observed that about the MWI of the universe before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22055186

I think MWI is appealing to a lot of people as part of the quiet, but ever-present undercurrent of "how can we make any sort of God totally unnecessary to the universe?" that science has, but if you think about it deeply enough, it becomes clear that MWI, if true, is unbelievably horrible. We'd all better hope it's not the correct interpretation.

Edit: Thanks for the link to the story. I had not read it or seen it before. Same principles for sure. I don't think it's a crazy extrapolation of MWI, I think it's the only logical outcome. I can put that opinion into more firm mathematical language but it's more than I can put into an HN comment, and I haven't typed it out anywhere else either, and it really is just that opinion, in more mathematical language.

[ZephyrP]

Having a slew of physical theories with profound existential ramifications to choose from, why do you think the "many-worlds interpretation" is particularly connected to secularization?

[jerf]

I portrayed it as part of the general trend, not specially connected.

[layer8]

As far as I’m concerned, believing in MWI is the realization that causality is not a function, but a relation (in the mathematical sense), and that actually feels more natural and inuitive, all things considered.