1.0Orders Beyond Bordershttps://ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.euananyabordoloihttps://ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/author/ananyabordoloi/The Theory of the Many COVID-Worlds | Orders Beyond Bordersrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/2020/11/12/the-theory-of-the-many-covid-worlds/">The Theory of the Many COVID-Worlds</a></blockquote>
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</script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/2020/11/12/the-theory-of-the-many-covid-worlds/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“The Theory of the Many COVID-Worlds” — Orders Beyond Borders" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Nicholas Harrington offers a novel approach to interpreting the global variation in COVID-19 responses. Using the Multiple Universe Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics, he analyses the COVID-19 pandemic as a phenomenon with mitigation measures as the experimental set up and the social reality of the population as the outcome of the experiment. Calling attention to environmental, social and cultural factors, Harrington’s piece looks critically at the explanatory potential of MWI as well as the perception towards the varied COVID-19 responses.http://ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/wp-content/uploads/17/2020/11/people-looking-at-graph-1024x640.jpg