Hugh Everett quotes

Hugh Everett was an American physicist primarily known for proposing the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. This groundbreaking idea suggests that all possible outcomes of quantum events actually occur in parallel universes. He deeply influenced both theoretical physics and the philosophical understanding of reality. Here are 6 of his quotes:

As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with a good memory. As time progresses the amoeba is constantly splitting, each time the resulting amoebas having the same memories as the parent. Our amoeba hence does not have a life line, but a life tree. (Hugh Everett)
If you want to get an interesting perspective do not think of Hugh as a traditional 20th century physicist but more of a Renaissance man with interests and skills in many different areas. He was smart and lots of things interested him and he brought the same general conceptual methodology to solve them. The subject matter was not so important as the solution ideas. View quote
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[The Many-worlds interpretation is the] only completely coherent approach to explaining both the contents of quantum mechanics and the appearance of the world. View quote
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The physical "reality" is assumed to be the wave function of the whole universe itself. View quote
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My father, Hugh Everett, III, author of the Many Worlds Theory, was a quiet man during the eighteen or so years I shared a house with him. Turns out he was depressed over a sad childhood and then being dismissed as a kook, only later - too late - to be recognized as a genius. View quote
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Someone once noted that Hugh Everett should have been declared a "national resource," and given all the time and resources he needed to develop new theories. View quote
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