Friday, February 14, 2014

In all possible worlds - on Valentine's

Everyone has a date...

"Here's how it works. The number of possible universes is basically infinite. So there's almost certainly, in Sinhababu's view, a possible world in which a girl or guy is romantically devoted to someone who fits my description exactly, or who otherwise just is me. Suppose for the sake of argument that the feeling is mutual (it of course isn't; I happen to have a girlfriend who I love very much and who inhabits the same world I do). What we'd have then are two people who are interested and romantically devoted to each other. Usually we call that "dating."

It's non-traditional, of course, and communication between partners in different modal universes is difficult if not impossible; it makes Skype relationships look like a literal honeymoon. But plenty of people have non-traditional relationships these days. Neil, I think, makes a convincing case. So take heart, lonely hearts. Given some pretty strong metaphysical assumptions, you might have a partner!"

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