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From SEP on Many-Worlds (written by Vaidman):

Here are two serious shortcomings that Albert points out: I've been researching quantum foundations since 1994 and I've seen my colleagues propose many such hypothetical ways to "fix quantum mechanics." I have yet to see any such ideas completed as promised. I doubt Jacob's idea will do any...

It is very relevant, thnx for posting it!

You are correct, there is a counterintuitive consequence of the observer-independence of h corresponding to the relativity of simultaneity, i.e., the counterintuitive consequence of the observer-independence of c. The relativity of simultaneity represents a change in our view of Newtonian space...

Quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and the reconstruction of quantum mechanics via information-theoretic principles are programs in quantum information theory and the "second quantum revolution." The first two programs get far more attention than the third for obvious reasons. According...

Well, I hope one day that introductory physics textbooks will contain our particular completion of the quantum reconstruction of Hilbert space like they do Einstein's reconstruction of the Lorentz transformations. The two are exactly analogous and based on the relativity principle, but as of now...

Would you mind moving the link to this Insight to the Quantum Interpretations and Foundations Forum?

Damn, beat by a bot :smile:

Here are options for answering questions like this from Allori's paper linked in post #103:

Who wrote that summary? It's spot on, yet concise. I've presented this idea more generally at conferences and seminars around the world and published it in a book, papers and blogs, but whoever wrote this summary did a better job :-)

And also to you :-) I'm not a philosopher, my philosophy colleague and coauthor Michael Silberstein handles these kinds of questions, but naively my answer is "yes". Many (most?) in foundations believe quantum fields are the fundamental building blocks of reality. I don't see how you can get...

Here is a 2023 paper relevant to this thread Many-Worlds: Why Is It Not the Consensus? Abstract: In this paper, I argue that the many-worlds theory, even if it is arguably the mathematically most straightforward realist reading of quantum formalism, even if it is arguably local and...

I just retired from 37 years of teaching undergrad physics at Elizabethtown College (not R1, I was paid to teach). I have always wanted to understand reality and felt that physics was the best way for me to do that (it's different for different people, obviously). When I figure something out, I...

Let me add something to that plot line before answering your question. The light postulate is not acceptable as an explanans for most people, indeed Lorentz complained "that Einstein simply postulates what we have deduced [the light postulate], with some difficulty and not altogether...

Exactly. Entanglement, superposition, complementarity, and randomness all follow necessarily from the relativity principle and the observer-independence of h, just like relativity of simultaneity, length contraction, and time dilation all follow necessarily from the relativity principle and the...