Is anybody familiar with Elizur-Vaidman experiment?Is this evidence for MWI?

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The Elitzur-Vaidman experiment is a thought experiment in quantum mechanics that tests the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) by demonstrating how a bomb can be detected without triggering it. The discussion highlights that all interpretations of quantum mechanics yield the same observational results, suggesting that differing interpretations do not alter the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics. The Wikipedia article provides a detailed step-by-step explanation of the experiment, but some participants find the MWI description to be unconventional.

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Wikipedia describes it with collapses and it works fine as well. All interpretations of QM give the same observations - otherwise they are different theories and modify QM in some way.

The MWI description in the article looks a bit odd.
 

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