科学在一个非常大的宇宙
Science in a Very Large Universe
摘要：
作为宇宙的观察者，我们是宇宙中的量子物理系统，如果宇宙在空间和/或时间上非常大，那么我们预测所依据的数据在时空的其他位置被复制的概率就变得很大。数据中未指定的这些地点的物理条件可能不同。因此，对我们未来观测结果的预测需要一个假设的概率分布（静电复印分布），以确定我们在可能观测结果中的位置。正是基础理论加上静电复印分布的结合，才能通过进一步的观察来预测和检验。
英文摘要：
As observers of the universe we are quantum physical systems within it. If the universe is very large in space and/or time, the probability becomes significant that the data on which we base predictions is replicated at other locations in spacetime. The physical conditions at these locations that are not specified by the data may differ. Predictions of our future observations therefore require an assumed probability distribution (the xerographic distribution) for our location among the possible ones. It is the combination of basic theory plus the xerographic distribution that can be predictive and testable by further observations.
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