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?
- wittgenstein
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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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