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I Does a "physically real" quantum interpretation exist?
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I How can Bohmian mechanics explain entanglement?
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I Can anti-realism really save nonlocality?
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I In the many worlds interpretation, how do the worlds join?
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I What if there were no observers?
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I Can Bohmian Mechanics deal with photons?
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I Layperson's Question -- The wave function requires observation to collapse?
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I Is wave function collapse equivalent to entanglement with the observer?
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I Non-locality by memory (Jung, 2020) applied to stochastic mechanics
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I Relational QM question from Rovelli's book Helgoland
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I No conspiracy and superdeterminism
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I How Does the Many-Worlds Interpretation Address Nonlocality?
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I The TSVF interpretation of quantum mechanics
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I Can a quantum state be thought of simply as one allowing bidirectional time travel?
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I Many worlds and interference
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I About quantum interference: space and time
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I Does wave function get updated instantly as environment changes?
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I Newtonian "schema/paradigm" != Newton's mechanics
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I Wave function collapse in the early Universe
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I Would the state collapse when quantum entanglement is being observed?
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I Are there asymptotic QFT/QED states in a constant magnetic field?
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I Bell violations + perfect correlations via conservative Brownian motion
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I What is the mathematical expression of the process of the wave functions collapsing?
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I What exactly does quantum immortality convey?
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I What is the statistical minimal interpretation?
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I The Horrifying Implications of the Many-Worlds Interpretation
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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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