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How Decoherence Splits The Quantum Multiverse

Season 6 Episode 6

Why is it that we can see these multiple histories play out on the quantum scale, and why do lose sight of them on our macroscopic scale? Many physicists believe that the answer lies in a process known as quantum decoherence.

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