Everett-Wheeler telephone

noun

A method of transmission of information between different quantum universes in branches of the quantum multiverse that exist after the creation of the telephone, in an MWI of quantum physics.

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Meanings

nounEverett-Wheeler telephone (plural Everett-Wheeler telephones)

plural Everett-Wheeler telephones

  1. A method of transmission of information between different quantum universes in branches of the quantum multiverse that exist after the creation of the telephone, in an MWI of quantum physics.

Origin

From Everett + Wheeler + telephone. Based on the physics of Hugh Everett III and John Archibald Wheeler. Coined by American physicist Joseph Polchinski in 1990.

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