No, no, you're getting ahead of yourself. For every universe (black line), there is a single Dave. If you'd like to call him the Alpha Dave for the sake of your understanding, that's perfectly fine, but be careful not to apply assumptions to that Alpha Dave that aren't part of the thought experiment.
Now, then. For this given universe (black line), Dave 1 (Alpha Dave) makes a given decision at the juncture we've called the Divergence Point. For ease of comprehension, let's assign the outcome of his answer to something simple and polar — the answer "yes".
Therefore, in this particular universe, Alpha Dave reaches the Divergence Point, is presented with a choice, and answers "yes". This is where the visual grows a bit deceptive, because as rendered, his divergence is shown by a deviation upward. But don't be fooled by that, because Alpha Dave's line still maps perfectly onto the black line of the universe IN ACTUALITY, because being the Alpha Dave means that all of Alpha Dave's decisions are the "correct" decisions for that given universe.
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Now, then. For this given universe (black line), Dave 1 (Alpha Dave) makes a given decision at the juncture we've called the Divergence Point. For ease of comprehension, let's assign the outcome of his answer to something simple and polar — the answer "yes".
Therefore, in this particular universe, Alpha Dave reaches the Divergence Point, is presented with a choice, and answers "yes". This is where the visual grows a bit deceptive, because as rendered, his divergence is shown by a deviation upward. But don't be fooled by that, because Alpha Dave's line still maps perfectly onto the black line of the universe IN ACTUALITY, because being the Alpha Dave means that all of Alpha Dave's decisions are the "correct" decisions for that given universe.
Following so far?