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I How to envision particles in superposition in Many Worlds presplitting
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I Probability in MWI and the Copenhagen interpretation
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I What is the Copenhagen interpretation according to its originator(s)?
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I Interpretation of quantum theories through the interpretation of classical ones
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I Superdeterminism and the hidden variable
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I Ontology of an electron passing through a Stern-Gerlach magnet
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I How Does the Many-Worlds Interpretation Handle Expectation Values?
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I Gerard 't Hooft's "Fast Vacuum Fluctuations"
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I How the Born rule is understood in various interpretations?
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I Hidden Variable Interpretation
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I Is the phrase "discrete spectrum" in rule #5 a contradiction in terms?
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I Binomial distribution of "worlds" in MWI
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I Is the electric field of an atom a superposition or mean of electron positions?
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I Is this why a pilot wave theory cannot be accepted?
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I Conservation of energy in Everett's MWI
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I A non-branching interpretation of the universal wavefunction
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I Can we imagine that an electron moves on an orbit of chaos?
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I What is an interpretation of wave of field?
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I Why is the projection postulate needed?
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I Is the Theory of Everything necessarily deterministic?
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I Question pertaining to the random distribution of many worlds
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I Is there a name for this type of interpretation?
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I Role of the collapse in the instrumentalist interpretation
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I Copenhagen interpretation & Delayed-choice quantum eraser
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Quantum double slits moving past a quantum particle?
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I The probability when the wave-function collapses
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A An experiment that claims to doom Bohmian Mechanics
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I How is the Born rule deduced from decoherence?
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Insights Answering Mermin’s Challenge with the Relativity Principle
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A Philosophy of quantum field theory
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How can the many worlds interpretation be deterministic?
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I What are current Physicists' general positions on the Copenhagen Interpretation?
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A Is the nonlocality of a single photon an indisputable fact?
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I EPR and Non-Locality - For and Against
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Does this QM experiment show that science is doomed?
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I Continuous vs discrete Universe
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I Wilson's RG trajectories, Lagrangians and many worlds?
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I A 5th Dimension May Explain Quantum Theory
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I Is this a valid Wigner's friend experiment?
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A How do you view Physics as a whole?
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I What Are the Official Terms for the Two Types of Quantum Superposition?
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I What Is Objective Universal Time and How Does It Conflict with Relativity?
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The collapse of the wave function?
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I From de Broglie's postulates to Shrödinger's equation
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I Teaching Bohmian QM before standard QM
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I Single world or multiple worlds?
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I Equivalence of interpretations in more elaborate setups
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I Many Worlds versus Decoherent Histories
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I Investigations to find the cause of wave collapse?
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I Does Decoherence get rid of all Quantumness?
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A Non-entangling environmental noise in QM/QFT
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I Imaginary number i in Pauli matrixes
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I Forces (Fields) of Nature and Quantum Foundations
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What is the problem that the Many Worlds Interpretation aims to solve?
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I Pilot Wave Theory: Against the Rest of Quantum Mechanics?
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A Many Worlds versus Thermal interpretation
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I Consciousness and quantum mechanics
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I Exploring Sparse Many Worlds: Is a Compact Representation of Existence Possible?
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I How is realism understood in QM?
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I Ontology of measurement and correlation
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I QM & Ontology: Why Should We Stay Away?
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I Anti-realist Interpretations of QM
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I Compatibility of MWI with probability of outcomes
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A Is unitarity necessary for the probabilistic interpretation?
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Doesn't Wigner's Friend Experiment solve the measurement problem?
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I Is Free Will a Foundational Assumption in Quantum Theory?
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I Anton Zeilinger's comment about free will being required for science
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A Does QCD make sense without a cutoff?
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I Confusion Abounds In Discussing QM
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A The Penrose gravity thesis/interpretation of QM
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I Bell's superdeterminism compared to determinism
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I Does 'many worlds', imply worlds before the Big Bang?
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I Quantum Realism and Bell Locality
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I Steven Weinberg on the interpretation of quantum mechanics
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I What Made Einstein Accept the Expanding Universe Model?
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I Is the Following How Most Students Think of Einstein's View Of QM
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A Advanced models for the Stern-Gerlach experiment
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I How does Bohmian mechanics explain quantum bomb testing?
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I Exploring Foundations of Quantum Mechanics & QFT
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I Help! I Don't Understand Quantum Darwinism
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I New paper by physicists Ken Wharton and Nathan Argaman on Retrocausality
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Insights Modern Physics Understood as an Unrecognized Kuhnian Revolution
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I What Is the Role of Ontology in the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics?
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Possibility that all current interpretations of QM are wrong
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I Modern Assesment of Grete Hermann's Philosophy on Quantum Mechanics
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I What did Heisenberg know about the measurement problem?
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I Understanding the Fundamental Difference in Interpretations of QM
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I For and Against the Copenhagen Interpretation
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On the interpretation of a correlator with different definite states
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A Question about the perception of collapse in relational to QM interpretation
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De Broglie Relations Confusion
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A De Broglie to Schrödinger to Thomson to Bohm?
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Entanglement on the Many Worlds model
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I The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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I What exactly is a measurement device and how does it work?
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I Could many worlds be a solution to time travel paradoxes?
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I Can the hydrodynamic formulation of QM be understood purely classically?
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I How could a quantum system "predict the future"?
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Quantum Interpretations

Welcome to the Quantum Interpretations forum!

Discuss the foundations of Quantum Mechanics as a theory structure and different published interpretations of Quantum Mechanics.

Interpretations of quantum mechanics are a way to explain how the mathematical theory of quantum mechanics "corresponds" to reality.

These discussions present unique challenges since they deal with matters for which there is not an established "right" answer that has been confirmed by experiment and is generally accepted by scientists in the field. As a result, such discussions do not usually reach a fairly quick resolution, and often do not reach a resolution at all.

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