(urth) Time, Not Cloning

[David Duffy]

On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Brian wrote:

> I don't honestly know how time would work for the Yesodis.  I'm 
> imagining a situation where you are in your "prime" timeline when 
> Severian dies on you. So you get a replacement from a thread where he 
> hasn't died.  Why not switch yourself to that thread?

It's possible Wolfe was recalling the model in Blish's _Jack of Eagles_, 
where the "single" main timeline we perceive which is actually a 
superposition dominated by the most likely histories. So it's not quite 
what I think of as a "full" many worlds where all outcomes are equally 
real, and any actions you perform are reversed in the other branch.


MINOR SPOILER



Like Master Ash, there is one episode where a component timeline fades as 
its probability falls, as a result of actions of the protagonist that 
cause the whole ensemble to shift in his favoured direction.