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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 An argument against Bohmian mechanics?

Dec 21, 2016 · Replies 478 · Jan 7, 2017

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Undergrad Problem of quantum tunneling and Many Worlds interpretation?

Jan 6, 2017 · Replies 3 · Jan 6, 2017

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Undergrad What do you think of the alternate interpretations of QM?

Dec 29, 2016 · Replies 25 · Jan 4, 2017

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Undergrad De Broglie wavelength in non-constant potential?

Jan 3, 2017 · Replies 1 · Jan 3, 2017

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Undergrad Many Worlds Interpretation and Coffee

Feb 14, 2016 · Replies 62 · Jan 2, 2017

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Undergrad Schrodinger's Interpretation of the Wave Function?

Dec 21, 2016 · Replies 13 · Dec 22, 2016

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Undergrad No Special Reason for Thinking Consciousness Special in QM

Dec 12, 2016 · Replies 19 · Dec 14, 2016

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Is the Many-Worlds Interpretation truly deterministic?

Nov 23, 2016 · Replies 121 · Dec 9, 2016

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Does the Copenhagen interpretation require consciousness for the same outcome?

Nov 30, 2016 · Replies 11 · Dec 3, 2016

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Undergrad Is the Transactional Interpretation deterministic?

Aug 4, 2016 · Replies 15 · Oct 31, 2016

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Graduate Sean Carroll's Talk about Everett Many Worlds

Oct 20, 2016 · Replies 1 · Oct 24, 2016

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Physical interpretation of Schrodinger equation

Oct 17, 2016 · Replies 6 · Oct 18, 2016

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Graduate Physical interpretation of Mandelstam variables

Oct 13, 2016 · Replies 9 · Oct 15, 2016

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Undergrad MWI and macroscopic probability

Oct 12, 2016 · Replies 2 · Oct 12, 2016

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Undergrad Entangled particles in the thermal interpretation

Sep 21, 2016 · Replies 4 · Sep 22, 2016

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Undergrad What's the geometric interpretation of the trace of a matrix

Sep 3, 2016 · Replies 4 · Sep 3, 2016

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Wavelength of a Tennis Ball at 0 Velocity

Aug 24, 2016 · Replies 5 · Aug 25, 2016

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Graduate Physical interpretation of correlator

Aug 6, 2016 · Replies 14 · Aug 7, 2016

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Is de Broglie's Pilot Wave Theory Accurate?

Jul 29, 2016 · Replies 23 · Aug 1, 2016

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Undergrad How does the concept of determinism apply to the branching of many worlds?

Jul 1, 2016 · Replies 22 · Jul 9, 2016

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What is the difference between MWI and CI?

Jul 7, 2016 · Replies 11 · Jul 8, 2016

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Many-Worlds with no other choice

Jul 3, 2016 · Replies 8 · Jul 5, 2016

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Graduate The de Broglie wavelength: What happens in the case of a frame change?

Jun 9, 2016 · Replies 28 · Jun 22, 2016

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Quantized electron orbits in Bohmian mechanics

Jun 15, 2016 · Replies 10 · Jun 16, 2016

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Interpretation of entanglement

Jun 12, 2016 · Replies 24 · Jun 15, 2016

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Graduate De Broglie Wavelength - Compound Particles, Particle Systems

Apr 14, 2016 · Replies 14 · Jun 10, 2016

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Graduate Delayed choice interpretations

Jun 2, 2016 · Replies 27 · Jun 10, 2016

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Graduate Hidden Measurements Interpretation

May 18, 2016 · Replies 6 · Jun 7, 2016

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Undergrad Questions on exact details of the many worlds interpretation

Jun 4, 2016 · Replies 9 · Jun 6, 2016

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Undergrad De Broglie: Kinetic or Total Energy?

Jun 2, 2016 · Replies 5 · Jun 2, 2016

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Undergrad Quantum superposition and its physical interpretation

May 26, 2016 · Replies 22 · May 28, 2016

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Interpretation of polarisation experiment

May 7, 2016 · Replies 14 · May 9, 2016

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Graduate Is the Many Worlds Interpretation Widely Accepted Among Physicists?

Mar 19, 2016 · Replies 58 · Apr 22, 2016

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Can Quantum Physics Confirm the Correct Interpretation of GHZ and GRW?

Apr 21, 2016 · Replies 7 · Apr 21, 2016

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Undergrad De Broglie wavelength - relativistic correction

Apr 16, 2016 · Replies 17 · Apr 18, 2016

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The Higgs Mass and the Many worlds interpretation

Mar 30, 2016 · Replies 6 · Mar 31, 2016

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Undergrad What is the correct generalization for spinning particles in Bohmian mechanics?

Mar 11, 2016 · Replies 22 · Mar 14, 2016

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The consistent histories approach to quantum cosmology

Jun 9, 2013 · Replies 5 · Mar 11, 2016

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Undergrad Does MWI suggest a mind-body duality?

Mar 3, 2016 · Replies 19 · Mar 5, 2016

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Tools to enrich our quantum mechanics interpretations discourse - Comments

Feb 22, 2016 · Replies 11 · Mar 3, 2016

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"Experimental nonlocal and surreal Bohmian trajectories"

Feb 19, 2016 · Replies 8 · Feb 29, 2016

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Can QM interpretations be reconciled?

Feb 3, 2016 · Replies 72 · Feb 28, 2016

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Understanding MWI in Quantum Physics

Feb 23, 2016 · Replies 5 · Feb 24, 2016

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Undergrad Did de Broglie err in his hypothesis?

Feb 17, 2016 · Replies 5 · Feb 20, 2016

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De Broglie wavelength and velocity

Feb 7, 2016 · Replies 11 · Feb 10, 2016

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Do CI and MWI Interpret Quantum Probabilities Differently?

Feb 4, 2016 · Replies 5 · Feb 5, 2016

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Correct interpretation of double slit experiment?

Jan 30, 2016 · Replies 10 · Feb 1, 2016

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QM interpretations defined as eigenvalues?

Jan 26, 2016 · Replies 5 · Jan 27, 2016

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De Broglie about individuality and system

Jan 25, 2016 · Replies 1 · Jan 25, 2016

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QM interpretation with something moving backward in time?

Jan 23, 2016 · Replies 6 · Jan 25, 2016

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What exactly is a world in multiple world interpretation?

Jan 12, 2016 · Replies 17 · Jan 16, 2016

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Understanding the many worlds interpretation

Dec 29, 2015 · Replies 5 · Dec 31, 2015

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Copenhagen interpretation and entropy confusion?

Dec 29, 2015 · Replies 12 · Dec 30, 2015

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Undergrad Are quantum interpretations just religions within science?

Dec 22, 2015 · Replies 27 · Dec 28, 2015

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Doubt regarding derivation of De Broglie relation

Dec 14, 2015 · Replies 12 · Dec 26, 2015

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Can the "many-worlds" in QM inter-communicate?

Dec 10, 2015 · Replies 16 · Dec 14, 2015

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Can decoherence validate the Copenhagen interpretation?

Dec 12, 2015 · Replies 2 · Dec 13, 2015

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Is Consistent Histories the Key to Unraveling the Universe's Mysteries?

Dec 12, 2015 · Replies 2 · Dec 12, 2015

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Many Worlds - What drives the parallel branching?

Nov 12, 2015 · Replies 13 · Nov 15, 2015

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Wave packet: math question. QT(Bohm's book)

Nov 14, 2015 · Replies 4 · Nov 14, 2015

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Interpretations, urban legends, and Hawking

Nov 13, 2015 · Replies 4 · Nov 14, 2015

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Is Copenhagen interpretation a collapse theory?

Nov 13, 2015 · Replies 17 · Nov 14, 2015

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Feynamn-Stuckelberg Interpretation of E<0

Nov 12, 2015 · Replies 8 · Nov 12, 2015

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Depending on interpretation of QM, can Hilbert space be....

Nov 5, 2015 · Replies 7 · Nov 5, 2015

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Are Feynman Diagrams in MWI Just Mathematical Tools or Realities of Existence?

Nov 2, 2015 · Replies 10 · Nov 5, 2015

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Bohmian trajectories vs. Feynman paths, always continuous?

Oct 25, 2015 · Replies 8 · Oct 27, 2015

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Ahranov-Bohm Effect for *Electric* Potential Field?

Oct 26, 2015 · Replies 1 · Oct 26, 2015

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De Broglie Bohm interpretation with virtual particles....

Oct 23, 2015 · Replies 8 · Oct 24, 2015

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Does Quantum Computing requires MWI?

Oct 24, 2015 · Replies 3 · Oct 24, 2015

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How would MWI explain delayed choice quantum eraser?

Feb 28, 2015 · Replies 7 · Oct 6, 2015

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Measurement problem and many worlds

Sep 30, 2015 · Replies 3 · Oct 1, 2015

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How does the Many-Worlds Interpretation handle the measurement problem?

Sep 30, 2015 · Replies 1 · Sep 30, 2015

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Status of Relativistic Bohmian Mechanics: What Open Questions Remain?

Jul 19, 2014 · Replies 3 · Sep 13, 2015

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Undergrad Many Worlds - Superdeterministic?

Sep 6, 2015 · Replies 34 · Sep 10, 2015

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Collapses, Quantum Jumps, and the Born interpretation

Aug 27, 2015 · Replies 3 · Aug 27, 2015

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Can string theory and Penrose interpretation coexist?

Aug 5, 2015 · Replies 7 · Aug 9, 2015

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Is there an interpretation independent outcome problem?

Jul 31, 2015 · Replies 45 · Aug 6, 2015

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What is a universal wavefunction in MWI?

Aug 6, 2015 · Replies 2 · Aug 6, 2015

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What are the 'warts' of interpretations in QT?

Aug 5, 2015 · Replies 6 · Aug 5, 2015

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Problems with De Broglie's Wavelength

May 29, 2015 · Replies 28 · Aug 1, 2015

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Copenhagen - What qualifies as "measurement" and "observer"?

Jul 20, 2015 · Replies 64 · Jul 26, 2015

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Why does nothing happen in MWI?

Jul 11, 2015 · Replies 162 · Jul 17, 2015

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Quantum Mechanics Interpretations?

Jul 9, 2013 · Replies 15 · Jul 17, 2015

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Copenhagen Interpretation of Sleep / Unseen brain?

Jul 6, 2015 · Replies 122 · Jul 16, 2015

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What exactly are interpretations of quantum mechanics?

Jun 5, 2015 · Replies 38 · Jul 13, 2015

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Aharonov-Bohm information propagation

Jun 24, 2015 · Replies 2 · Jun 25, 2015

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MWI or Bohm interpretation of this....

Jun 22, 2015 · Replies 3 · Jun 23, 2015

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Von Neumann QM Rules Equivalent to Bohm?

Jun 1, 2015 · Replies 235 · Jun 17, 2015

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Copenhegen interpretation or Many World Interpretation?

May 29, 2013 · Replies 31 · Jun 17, 2015

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Interpretation of a wave function collapse

Jun 13, 2015 · Replies 1 · Jun 14, 2015

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Odd delayed choice interferometer interpretations

Jun 11, 2015 · Replies 10 · Jun 11, 2015

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Particles in dBB Interpretation

Jun 9, 2015 · Replies 14 · Jun 11, 2015

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Everett's interpretations and Macroscopic quantum states

Jun 4, 2015 · Replies 10 · Jun 7, 2015

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Interpretation of the Heisenberg picture in QM

May 29, 2015 · Replies 40 · Jun 2, 2015

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QP Interpretation Hierarchy and Subclasses

May 26, 2015 · Replies 24 · May 30, 2015

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The Assumptions of MWI Everett's Relative State Formulation

May 25, 2015 · Replies 27 · May 28, 2015

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What Is the True Nature of Electrons According to de Broglie's Theory?

May 7, 2015 · Replies 4 · May 8, 2015

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Many Worlds Interpretation and act of measuring

Apr 2, 2015 · Replies 464 · Apr 27, 2015

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How Does Qbism Affect Our Perception and Everyday Life?

Apr 12, 2015 · Replies 2 · Apr 13, 2015

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Many Worlds and Quantum Field Theory

Apr 10, 2015 · Replies 3 · Apr 10, 2015

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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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