Description of a quantum entropy feedback actuation system (patent pending).
It might be possible to manipulate the normal laws of probability.
According to the 'many worlds' interpretation of quantum mechanics, our timestream keeps splitting into a multitude of possible outcomes. In a small fraction of new universes, everything will have 'gone right' by pure chance. The things that we want to happen, did happen. A handful of coins always comes up heads. Moving randomly, atoms happen to rearrange themselves into any desired object.
It might be possible to amplify these rare possibilities, so they would outnumber all the undesirable timestreams.
This would violate the laws of entropy as we know them. It might be necessary to first increase the entropy level elsewhere, perhaps inside stars or empty space, by slightly speeding up the expansion of the universe.
How it would work:
Observers in many universes would experience many random outcomes.
The most successful ones would then take steps to 'multiply' the universe they inhabit. The less successful observers would do nothing, or try again until they were successful.
A universe might be multiplied by increasing its number of possible states. This could be done by 'releasing' the disorder in a formerly highly symmetrical system; for example by unleashing a large amount of energy in a chaotic way.
One way to test if such a device is possible would be to detonate a large number of nuclear devices, each controlled by a random ten-second timer.
After a large number of detonations, timing deviations might become noticeable. On average, most detonations might occur slightly earlier than expected during the ten second interval.
If it works, it would tell us something about the group of universes we are part of, and about reality as a whole.
According to standard theories, it would not work. There might always be a possible universe to counter every probability we try to modify.
Perverse paths
This feedback process would have hidden dangers. Even if an outcome looks perfect, it would still be fundamentally random.
Even after a complete inspection, there would be an overwhelming probability that one or more hidden faults exist.
The moment the feedback process stops, the contrived situation could fail at the earliest possible instant.
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