Quantum Interpretations and Foundations Forum

Post thread
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.
A How does the thermal interpretation explain Stern-Gerlach?
2
Replies
94
Views
14K
I A question about Many Worlds and my Remote Control
Replies
18
Views
2K
I Why can't there be a Universal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics?
Replies
14
Views
2K
I How does Classical Physics explain Quantum Entanglement?
Replies
5
Views
2K
I Consistency of Bohmian mechanics
2
Replies
92
Views
8K
Many Worlds and the Measurement of an Electron
Replies
4
Views
2K
I Does the superposition have a weight?
Replies
13
Views
2K
I Does EPR definitely rule out locality?
Replies
17
Views
3K
I Orthogonal eigenvectors and measurement
Replies
10
Views
2K
Against "interpretation" - Comments
7
Replies
343
Views
32K
I Danger for the Many-Worlds Interpretation?
7
Replies
313
Views
24K
A Many worlds, observer and Entropy
Replies
3
Views
2K
I Can we copy information using reversible operations?
Replies
1
Views
1K
Is the Quantum/Classical Boundary the most important question in Physics?
3
Replies
135
Views
11K
I Have We Got What Bohr Thought Wrong
Replies
2
Views
2K
I Is Einstein Causality Proven in Preferred Frame SR?
Replies
35
Views
4K
Why didn't radioactive decay probabilities cause the same uproar as QM
2
Replies
50
Views
4K
Counterfactual Definiteness and MWI in Wiki
Replies
21
Views
2K
I Is QM Deterministic in MWI and Time Reversible?
Replies
34
Views
4K
The key to unifying the theories of the very large and the very small
Replies
11
Views
2K
A Realism from Locality? Bell's Theorem & Nonlocality in QM
5
Replies
226
Views
22K
Insights What Are Bell States and Their Role in Spin Angular Momentum Conservation?
Replies
0
Views
3K
I What exactly is Weizsäcker's ur-alternatives theory?
Replies
7
Views
4K
I Sean Carroll podcast on many worlds interpretation
3
Replies
120
Views
11K
I Do Hidden Variables include sub-structures?
2
Replies
50
Views
6K
I Necessity of Complex Numbers in Quantum Mechanics
Replies
33
Views
5K
Authorities in Science: High Reputation Journals and Books
Replies
43
Views
8K
I What did Omnès mean with this?
Replies
2
Views
2K
I A simple explanation of the Born rule?
Replies
13
Views
3K
What does MWI mean for our existing universe?
Replies
2
Views
1K
I Thermal interpretation and Bell's inequality
2
Replies
63
Views
7K
I Questions about ensemble interpretation of QM
Replies
3
Views
2K
I More on the thermal interpretation
Replies
24
Views
4K
I Does a measurement setup determine the reality of spin measurement outcomes?
5
Replies
225
Views
17K
A Weinberg on the measurement problem
2
Replies
61
Views
8K
I Polarization in Bohmian mechanics
Replies
39
Views
5K
A The thermal interpretation and measurement
Replies
17
Views
3K
Improbability of the Many-Worlds Interpretation?
2
Replies
94
Views
10K
I A variation of the Multiple World Interpretation
Replies
3
Views
2K
A Bohmian mechanics for instrumentalists and quantum measurement
Replies
16
Views
3K
A Wigner's Friend and Incompatibility
2
Replies
59
Views
8K
I Quantum Correlations without Many Worlds or Determinism
Replies
14
Views
3K
A Does Feynman's path integral ignore alternative histories?
Replies
1
Views
2K
A Does Bohmian Mechanics yield the existence of a multiverse?
Replies
13
Views
3K
A A Realization of a Basic Wigner's Friend Type Experiment
5
Replies
237
Views
21K
I "Knowledge" in Psi-Epistemic Interpretation Fundamental or Emergent?
Replies
3
Views
2K
I What is really that density matrix in QM?
3
Replies
127
Views
11K
I Why randomness means incomplete understanding
3
Replies
106
Views
15K
Is the concept of "wave function collapse" obsolete?
3
Replies
137
Views
24K
Could MWI create universes with fundamentally different physical laws?
2
Replies
51
Views
6K
I Can the Many Worlds interpretation state the Born Rule as a postulate?
Replies
8
Views
3K
A Born's rule for the QED electron violates causality
Replies
11
Views
3K
I What makes the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics so important?
4
Replies
168
Views
14K
I Confusion about the thermal interpretation's account of measurement
2
Replies
72
Views
9K
I Numerical simulations in Bohmian mechanics
Replies
3
Views
2K
I A new insight from the Frauchiger and Renner paper affecting MWI
Replies
27
Views
3K
A Soft photons and the ETH interpretation of QM
Replies
3
Views
2K
I Qbism vs Copenhagen: What is the Difference?
Replies
11
Views
3K
I Quantum Interpretations of this optical effect
Replies
5
Views
2K
I MWI -- Infinite number of worlds?
Replies
33
Views
5K
A How momentum measurement is defined in Pilot Wave interpretation?
Replies
3
Views
2K
I Interpretation of QM in the Heisenberg Picture
Replies
34
Views
5K
A Relation between Bohm's Interpretation and Implicate order?
Replies
1
Views
2K
A Bohr's contribution to the Copenhagen interpretation
Replies
18
Views
3K
A QM Interpretations as applied to QFT
Replies
3
Views
2K
I Was Lee Smolin Unaware of Decoherence's Role in Copenhagen Interpretation?
Replies
21
Views
3K
A Smolin: Realistic and anti-realistic interpretations of QM
3
Replies
115
Views
14K
A Schrodinger's Cat and the thermal interpretation
Replies
45
Views
6K
A Proof that the thermal interpretation of QM is wrong
2
Replies
59
Views
12K
Reinterpreting Wave-Particle Duality: A New Perspective on Electrons and Protons
Replies
1
Views
2K
Vaxjo Interpretation of Wave Function
Replies
1
Views
3K
I Interpretation of Schrodinger's Cat
Replies
32
Views
4K
I Spectra in the thermal interpretation
Replies
2
Views
2K
I Measurement results and two conflicting interpretations
2
Replies
53
Views
7K
A Copenhagen: Restriction on knowledge or restriction on ontology?
7
Replies
334
Views
24K
A Is there any Bohmian approach to quantum electrodynamics?
Replies
4
Views
2K
I The double slit in the thermal interpretation
Replies
7
Views
3K
I De Broglie-Bohm theory and Bohm-like models - how is vacuum treated?
Replies
28
Views
4K
A How Does Decoherence Affect a Single Two-Level System in Hilbert Space?
Replies
9
Views
2K
Bohmian Trajectories with New Slit
Replies
1
Views
1K
Quantum Vacuum (or QFT) Interpretations
Replies
1
Views
2K
MWI and FTL Communication Possibilities
Replies
1
Views
2K
A Does the MWI require "creation" of multiple worlds?
4
Replies
183
Views
17K
I MWI experience of created worlds
Replies
11
Views
2K
De Broglie wavelength of particle in potential V
Replies
1
Views
7K
I What Is the Frauchiger-Renner Theorem?
5
Replies
201
Views
25K
A What are Bohmian trajectories for a free electron?
Replies
2
Views
2K
I Frauchiger & Renner: There's a Mistake, Right?
Replies
18
Views
3K
I What has changed since the Copenhagen interpretation?
5
Replies
248
Views
22K
Path-choice experiment in the framework of the MWI
Replies
7
Views
1K
I Find your ideal quantum interpretation
3
Replies
149
Views
14K
I De Broglie Waves: Hypothesis, Derivation & References
Replies
2
Views
2K
A Interpretation of state created by the field in free QFT
Replies
5
Views
3K
A A retrocausal amendment to de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory
Replies
14
Views
5K
I Many-Worlds-Interpretation: reintegration?
Replies
3
Views
2K
Concerning QED and the Many Worlds theory.
Replies
5
Views
2K
A Initial-value problem for Bohmian mechanics
Replies
26
Views
5K
A Bohmian Trajectories: Intersections & Young Experiments
Replies
11
Views
3K
I Interpretations of diffusion in Quantum Mechanics.
Replies
2
Views
2K
I A question about velocities in Bohmian mechanics
Replies
4
Views
2K

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.

Hot Threads

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top