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Undergrad Wave function collapse
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Undergrad QFT made Bohmian mechanics a non-starter: missed opportunities?
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Undergrad Is QM generally believed to be able to describe Newtonian mechanics?
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Undergrad Experiment distinguishes Standard QM vs Bohm: Asymmetric beam splitter
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Undergrad What is the statistical minimal interpretation?
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Undergrad Nelson's Stochastic Mechanics, simple argument why interference exists?
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Graduate Gravity in the Thermal Interpretation
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Undergrad How Does Local Measurement Affect an Entangled System?
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Undergrad A Bold New Take on Quantum Theory
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Graduate A Critique of Everett's "Many Wolds" interpretation
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Undergrad Bohmian interpretation of Schrodinger's Cat
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Undergrad How To Experimentally Confirm the Wigner-Von Neumann Interpretation
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Undergrad Collapse of particle wave function and single Universe wave function?
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Undergrad Does Schrodinger's Cat contradict itself?
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Undergrad Carroll's Derivation of the Born Rule in MWI with Unequal Amplitudes
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Graduate Possibilities of Time-Independent Entangled Photons
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Undergrad Multiverse theory -- Why don't strange things happen here sometimes?
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Undergrad Why is there no consensus about the meaning of probability in MWI?
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Undergrad Many-Worlds and Testable Claims
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Graduate Entangling a photon from the Sun with one from Earth
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Graduate Yakir Aharonov's time-symmetric formulation of quantum mechanics
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Undergrad Exploring Measurements in Quantum Field Theory: From Light Cones to Bell Tests
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Undergrad Quantum entanglement in the MWI
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Graduate Loophole-free test of local realism via Hardy's violation
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Undergrad Minimal vs Instrumental vs Ensemble
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Undergrad The Self-Decoherence of Schroedinger's Cat
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Graduate MWI and the entangled photon experiment
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Undergrad Understanding Bell Inequality Proof: Explained from a Probability Perspective
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Undergrad The Horrifying Implications of the Many-Worlds Interpretation
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Graduate Is there still a Wigner's friend paradox?
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Undergrad How many worlds is Many Worlds talking about?
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Undergrad Doubts regarding my interpretation of Wigner’s Friend Scenario
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Undergrad Why does wave amplitude indicate particle location in QM?
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Undergrad What is the true nature of worlds in the Many-Worlds Interpretation?
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Undergrad Many worlds interpretation with unequal probabilities
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Graduate The Quantum State as a Function of The Quantum Field
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Undergrad Could Tim Maudlin's Views on Bell and QM Be Flawed?
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Undergrad Do all mental states really exist in some universe in Many-Minds?
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Undergrad Making the wave observable in the double-slit experiment
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Undergrad Understanding Mixed Basis States in Hilbert Space: Uses and Applications
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Undergrad Can Decoherence Explain the Many Worlds Interpretation?
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Undergrad Who is Ballentine and why is he important in the world of quantum mechanics?
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Undergrad To rejuvenate the plausibility of stochastic mechanics
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Undergrad Why is this interpretation of MWI wrong?
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Undergrad How Does a Photon Pass Through a Filter Without Hidden Variables?
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Undergrad Confused by nonlocal models and relativity
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Graduate Game theory, quantum physics and the Bell inequality (paper)
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Undergrad Thermal Interpretation and Consistent Histories
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Graduate Decoherent Histories and Measurement
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Graduate Statistical ensemble interpretation done right
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Undergrad Quantum state of a macroscopic object?
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Graduate Is Quantum Mechanics Truly Underdetermined by Evidence?
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Undergrad Gleason's Theorem and the Measurement Problem
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Graduate Roger Penrose´s OR theory, Consiousness is a QM phenomenon?
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Undergrad Does Conscious Observation Influence Wave Function Collapse?
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Undergrad Measure of existence? (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Undergrad The notion of locality in (Quantum) Physics should be clearly defined
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Undergrad Copenhagen Interpretation vs Pilot Waves
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Undergrad Why do we experience the Born Rule in Many Worlds?
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Undergrad Realism in the entanglement swap experiment
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Undergrad Multiverse theory, I dont like it...
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Undergrad Interestingly Bohr Did Not Believe in Wavefunction Collapse
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Undergrad What Defines the Standard and Realist Views in Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad Spooky action at a distance not allowed?
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Graduate Probabilistic game of life as a toy model for Everett's interpretation
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Undergrad Can we change our concept of reality to better understand quantum theory?
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Insights How Quantum Information Theory Solves “the only mystery” of Quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad An argument against super-determinism
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Graduate Decoherence vs Observer Wave Function Collapse & MWI: Questions
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Graduate How many branches are possible after measurement/splitting?
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Graduate States & Observables: Are They Really Different?
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Undergrad Ontology is to quantum theory what hardware is to computation theory
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Graduate Comment on Nicolas Gisin "Intuitionistic Mathematics"?
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Graduate A stronger proof of nonlocality, or what?
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Undergrad Thoughts about this Bayesian Mechanics paper?
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Undergrad Question around 'quantum object hits screen'
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Undergrad What does it take to solve the measurement problem? (new paper published)
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Undergrad Why no plane waves of macroscopic bodies? The micro-macro threshold...
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Undergrad A Heuristic View of QM: Axioms & Gleason's Theorem
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Graduate How Many Hidden Variables Would It Take to Model Photon Polarization?
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Graduate QM Eigenstates and the Notion of Motion
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Undergrad Single Quark at Rest: The Mystery of Dark Matter?
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Undergrad Entanglement swapping, monogamy, and realism
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Graduate What is the mechanism behind Quantum Entanglement?
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Undergrad Is the Quantum Wavefunction Truly a Representation of Reality?
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Undergrad De Broglie–Bohm theory scattering from point charge, paths
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Undergrad Making Sense of QBism: Non-Mathematical Reality & Reforming the Theory
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Undergrad What is the relationship between events and outcomes in quantum theories?
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Undergrad What is the overarching concept of Quantum Field Theory (QFT)?
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Graduate Nobody understands quantum physics?
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Graduate Hidden Assumptions in Bell's Theorem?
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Undergrad Can interpretation-dependent facts be derived from the axioms?
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Graduate Post-Selection: Pre-existing Correlations or Action At A Distance?
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Graduate Can the double slit experiment distinguish between QM interpretations?
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Undergrad Nature Physics on quantum foundations
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Insights Superdeterminism and the Mermin Device
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Graduate Quantum Perspectivalism by D.Dieks
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Graduate Ensembles in quantum field theory
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Undergrad The collapse of a quantum state as a joint probability construction
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Graduate Is Entanglement Swapping Driven by Post-Selection or Bell State Measurement?
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