BBV, whoah.
At a dinner last week, I was talking to a friend about his consulting business when my elder daughter, now eight, came over to interrupt. The conversation went something like this:
LT1: Dad, I spilled my milk this morning when I poured it into my cereal bowl.
Me: Hmmm. OK, what's the big deal? I'm not mad.
LT1: Well, did that HAVE to happen? Or might it have been that I didn't have to do it that way?
Me: (denies determinism, followup questions lead to defining multiverse)
LT1: Can I sit over here, Dad? You guys have much more interesting conversations.
LT1: Dad, I spilled my milk this morning when I poured it into my cereal bowl.
Me: Hmmm. OK, what's the big deal? I'm not mad.
LT1: Well, did that HAVE to happen? Or might it have been that I didn't have to do it that way?
Me: (denies determinism, followup questions lead to defining multiverse)
LT1: Can I sit over here, Dad? You guys have much more interesting conversations.