Interpretation of QM that psiontic, local, and has collapse?

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The discussion concludes that there is no interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (QM) that can be classified as Psi-ontic, local, and incorporates wave function collapse. It is established that any ontic interpretation of wave function collapse inherently involves non-locality, thereby negating the possibility of a local Psi-ontic framework within QM.

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Is there any interpretation of QM that is Psi-ontic, local, and has wave function collapse?
 
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No. Ontic wave function collapse is necessarily non-local.
 

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