  Although ultimately motivated by quantum theoretical considerations,
Everett's many-world idea remains valid, as an approximation, in the classical
limit. However to be applicable it must in any case be applied in conjunction
with an appropriate anthropic principle, whose precise formulation involves an
anthropic quotient that can be normalised to unity for adult humans but that
would be lower for infants and other animals. The outcome is a deterministic
multiverse in which the only function of chance is the specification of one's
particular identity.
