Assuming that many-worlds is true, I'd like to grant some of my future
copies ("split me's") a lottery jackpot (6-in-49 in particular, with a
winning chance of approx. 1/13 million). To make sure that at least N of my
future copies win, I need a little bit of help. My basic plot it to derive
the lottery numbers from real quantum level events, such as clicks in a
Geiger-counter. This way I hope that during the determination of the numbers
I'll be split into a copy for each of the possible combinations (thus making
N at least 1).
Not being a physicist, I'm worried to do things the right way and I would
appreciate your help. I'm in particular uncertain about the following:
1. What kind of quantum level events should I rely on? Can I use a
Geiger-counter for gamma rays and point it to the sky to pick up cosmic
rays? Or should I shield it from cosmic rays e.g. using lead plates and use
some italian ceramics known to be a bit radioactive instead? Could gamma
rays from the sky come from deterministic thermal dissipation not causing a
"split"? Or put more general, what would be the most simple "truely" quantum
level random generator? If I just filled in the lottery form by "free will",
would this be sufficiently influcenced by quantum level events in the
neurons to have splits for each possible combination of numbers? And if so,
how large would be N?
2. Given that the splits are done correctly, how much time do I have to
actually submit the lottery forms? I'm worried that some of my copies change
their minds after determining the numbers and before submitting the lottery
form, ultimately refusing to play the lottery. A simple argument and lower
bound to support this issue is the mortality rate. If N was one and life
expectance was 74 years, then 40 of my copies would have simply died during
one day of delay anyway.
3. Does this all make sense? I know it won't change probabilities for my
percieved copy to win the lottery. But I'd like to take care of my future
copies (BTW: when a taxi driver took me to the airport the other day and he
was driving like mad, I wondered how many of my copies died in a car
accident because of this). However, if I imagine myself filling out a
lottery form based on numbers derived from a made-up quantum-level random
number generator, it feels kind of silly.
Regards,
Rolf
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