How valid is the indivisible interpretation of quantum mechanics?

[DarkloidNeos]

TL;DR

As on the tin

I was reading up on the theory and apparently it's saying stuff that is in direct opposition with current views like how there is no wave function, but that quantum processes occur by randomness? I'm not sure how valid it might be but all I know is that it's a massive departure from the usual stuff.

 

[PeterDonis]

Moderator's note: Thread moved to the QM interpretations subforum.

 

[PeterDonis]

I was reading up on the theory

Where? Please give a specific reference. "The indivisible interpretation" is not any recognized interpretation that I've heard of.

 

[DarkloidNeos]

Where? Please give a specific reference. "The indivisible interpretation" is not any recognized interpretation that I've heard of.

https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/indivisible+stochastic+process+interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics

 

[PeterDonis]

https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/indivisible+stochastic+process+interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics

Ah, ok. This references several papers by Jacob Barandes, whose work has been discussed in previous PF threads. This one is probably the best place to start:

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Undergrad Thread 'A new realistic stochastic interpretation of Quantum Mechanics'

Mar 4, 2024

These papers claim to present a realistic stochastic interpretation of quantum mechanics that obeys a stochastic form of local causality. (A lecture I recently attended mentioned these papers). It also claims the Born rule as a natural consequence rather than an assumption. This appears to me to be a genuinely new interpretation. I have not delved into the papers in detail, but figured some people here may be interested.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.10778
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03085
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16935

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As far as how "valid" this interpretation is, that's a meaningless question for any QM interpretation. All of them make the same predictions for experimental results, so there's no way to test them against each other by experiment. So it comes down to personal preferences about what kind of story to tell about what is "really happening" in quantum experiments.