The Many-Universes (Or Alternative-Histories) Theory Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Davies & Gribbin (1992: 212-3):

Perhaps the most dramatic attempt to make sense of such quantum superpositions is the so-called many-universes (or alternative-histories) theory. In the context of the cat experiment, this states that the entire Universe splits into two coexisting, or parallel, realities, one with a live cat and the other with a dead cat. Although it may seem like science fiction, the many-universes theory is entirely consistent with the rules of quantum mechanics and is supported by several leading theoretical physicists.

 

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, quantum superpositions are alternative potentials. The notion of the entire Universe splitting into two parallel universes simply mistakes alternative potential (either live cat or dead cat) for additive actual (both live cat and dead cat).