Quantum Interpretations and Foundations Forum

Join discussion regarding the different quantum interpretations and foundations. These discussions present some unique challenges since they deal with matters for which there is not an established "right" answer.

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Graduate Is my understanding of the answers given correct?

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Graduate Retrodictive Inferences in Quantum Mechanics

  • Morbert
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Undergrad Issues on notation and concept of entanglement

  • entropy1
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Graduate Particle ontology and quantum fluctuations

  • TheHeraclitus
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Undergrad Uncertainty = our ignorance or intrinsic to reality?

  • wittgenstein
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Undergrad Does quantum mechanics describe reality or just predictions?

  • deepalakshmi
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Undergrad Does measurement outcome equal ontology in entanglement?

  • entropy1
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Undergrad Can quantum randomness be ruled out by recent papers on determinism?

  • Adrian Lee
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Undergrad About non-observable assumptions

  • Killtech
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Graduate Is Bohmian mechanics a convenient ontological overcommitment?

  • gentzen
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Graduate Assumptions of the Bell theorem

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad Does QM offer a solution to Zeno's paradoxes?

  • SimplePrimate
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Undergrad Deterministic wind down of the Universe under MWI or Copenhagen?

  • entropy1
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Graduate The wave-function as a true ensemble

  • bohm2
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Undergrad Where is the quantum system prior to measurement?

  • Lynch101
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Undergrad Must quantum systems be localized within spacetime light cones?

  • Lynch101
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Undergrad The Probability Distribution and 'Elements of Reality'

  • Lynch101
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Undergrad Physical Universe vs. Simulated Universe

  • quantumsimulation
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Undergrad Wigner's friend thought experiment in recent paper

  • StevieTNZ
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Undergrad Quantum mechanics interpretation matching my own view

  • bhobba
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Undergrad The question of retrocausality

  • Andre_86
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Graduate Why is "super-determinism" a loophole to Bell's theorem?

  • Lunct
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Insights Is there a preferred reference frame in quantum mechanics?

  • RUTA
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Undergrad Are there signs that any Quantum Interpretation can be proved or disproved?

  • timmdeeg
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Graduate Is fundamental reality a vector in Hilbert space?

  • Giulio Prisco
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Graduate Multi-particle state, wave-function with fewer zeros interpretation

  • binbagsss
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Graduate An interesting paper about measurement and locality in QFT

  • A. Neumaier
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Undergrad Relational QM Example, Contradiction?

  • msumm21
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Undergrad What is the current perspective on quantum interpretation?

  • Quanundrum
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Graduate Implications of quantum foundations on interpretations of relativity

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad Isn't "eigensubspace" in Postulate 5 really just everyday space?

  • BohmianRealist
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Undergrad A survey about philosophical aspects of physics

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad Is quantum foundations a viable research career?

  • askingquestionst
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Undergrad Can Copenhagen and blockworld interpretations coexist in quantum mechanics?

  • Lynch101
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Graduate Relational Quantum Mechanics Interpretation

  • Smacal1072
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Undergrad Adler's decoherence paper: notation for states A and B on page 8

  • msumm21
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Graduate Evolution of the Renner et al Wigner-like paradox

  • Demystifier
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Graduate Criteria for a good quantum interpretation

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad Do quantized probabilities solve the measurement problem with decoherence?

  • msumm21
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Undergrad Conflict between the Block Universe and Bell Tests?

  • Lynch101
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Undergrad A tool for checking claims of violating Bell's theorem

  • Strilanc
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Undergrad Is the model presented in the thread consistent with QM?

  • msumm21
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Undergrad Model used to refute Bell's theorem

  • msumm21
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Undergrad Does PBR imply unique wave functions across relativity frames?

  • atyy
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Undergrad Understanding Coherence vs. Entanglement in Quantum Eraser

  • Erik Ayer
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Graduate QFT interpretation of Hawking Radiation

  • AdvaitDhingra
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Undergrad Waveform collapse due to entaglement cascade

  • Heissenberg
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Undergrad What was Einstein and Bohr's stand on the epistemological paradox?

  • Vividly
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Graduate The minimal statistical interpretation is neither minimal nor statistical

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad Question on number of generated worlds in many world interpretation

  • mitochan
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Graduate A philosophy of quantum mechanics question

  • Sophrosyne
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Undergrad On being the sole observer in MWI

  • Talisman
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Undergrad Origin of Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics?

  • jcap
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Undergrad The need for a "conscious observer"

  • entropy1
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Undergrad Contextuality without incompatibility?

  • Vaxjo
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Undergrad How do hidden variables supposedly explain radioactive decay?

  • BWV
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Graduate Is the Ensemble Interpretation Inconsistent with the PBR Theorem?

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad Atom in a Decayed / Non-Decayed State

  • Thecla
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Undergrad How Does Quantum Measurement Influence Reality Splitting in Many Worlds Theory?

  • JamieSalaor
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Undergrad Quantum stuff is neither particles nor waves

  • Cobul
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Undergrad Everett's MWI versus DeWitt's MWI

  • jbergman
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Undergrad Locally mediated interpretations with future input dependence

  • msumm21
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Graduate Difference Between Collapse and Projection

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad The Ensemble Interpretation and the Double Slit Experiment

  • jbergman
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Graduate Consistent Histories solipsism?

  • JamieSalaor
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Graduate Consistency/continuity in the MWI

  • jms5631
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Undergrad Does quantum mechanics require a distinguished observer?

  • EclogiteFacies
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Undergrad Sum over histories implies no definite history?

  • Happiness
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Undergrad Quantum Immortality without MWI?

  • Physicuser
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Undergrad Does relational quantum mechanics imply separate worlds for each observer?

  • JamieSalaor
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Undergrad Determinism and causality in QM - a case

  • entropy1
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Undergrad What is the QM description of a macroscopic event?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Graduate Does Everettian QM imply solipsism according to Travis Norsen and Sean Carroll?

  • EclogiteFacies
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Undergrad Understanding Bell's Statements on Freedom of Choice

  • Lynch101
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Undergrad Many-worlds implies computers are not conscious?

  • jcap
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Graduate Free will in the many-worlds interpretation with quantum random outcomes

  • Duplex
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Undergrad Is Energy an Illusion in the Many-Worlds Interpretation?

  • lomidrevo
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Graduate Question on many world interpretation of Quantum Theory

  • Sajid
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Undergrad What does "multiple worlds" in MWI mean?

  • entropy1
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Undergrad Is completeness synonymous with hidden variables in QM?

  • jake jot
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Undergrad How to envision particles in superposition in Many Worlds presplitting

  • g564321
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Undergrad Probability in MWI and the Copenhagen interpretation

  • entropy1
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Undergrad What is the Copenhagen interpretation according to its originator(s)?

  • dx
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Undergrad Interpretation of quantum theories through the interpretation of classical ones

  • bayakiv
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Undergrad Superdeterminism and the hidden variable

  • wittgenstein
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Undergrad Ontology of an electron passing through a Stern-Gerlach magnet

  • entropy1
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Graduate Layman asks about Quantum "interaction"

  • Peter Mole
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Undergrad How Does the Many-Worlds Interpretation Handle Expectation Values?

  • name123
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Undergrad Gerard 't Hooft's "Fast Vacuum Fluctuations"

  • Quanundrum
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Undergrad How the Born rule is understood in various interpretations?

  • Jarek 31
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Undergrad Hidden Variable Interpretation

  • Narasoma
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Undergrad Is the phrase "discrete spectrum" in rule #5 a contradiction in terms?

  • BohmianRealist
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Undergrad Binomial distribution of "worlds" in MWI

  • entropy1
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Undergrad Is the electric field of an atom a superposition or mean of electron positions?

  • Jarek 31
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Undergrad Is this why a pilot wave theory cannot be accepted?

  • BohmianRealist
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Undergrad Conservation of energy in Everett's MWI

  • name123
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Undergrad A non-branching interpretation of the universal wavefunction

  • BohmianRealist
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Undergrad Can we imagine that an electron moves on an orbit of chaos?

  • thaiqi
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Undergrad What is an interpretation of wave of field?

  • fxdung
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Undergrad Why is the projection postulate needed?

  • thaiqi
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