Everett's Many Worlds Interpretation Of Quantum Theory Through Systemic Functional Linguistics [9]

Gribbin (1989: 242):

What Everett found was that the equations could be interpreted, with complete validity, as implying that every time the Universe is faced with a "choice" at the quantum level it splits into two, and both options are chosen. … But, says Everett (or rather, say the equations), for every observer who looks and sees the electron go through one hole, there is another observer — in another world — who looks and sees it go the other way.  Both are equally real.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, Everett's 'many worlds' interpretation confuses the system of potential (possible options) with its instances ("chosen" options), and misconstrues the alternative ('or') relation between options as an additive ('and') relation.