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Questions tagged [quantum-interpretations]

This tag is for questions relating to what, if anything, the quantum mechanical formalism and experimental results say about the way the world works.

Quantum mechanics raises a lot of questions about the world. This tag is for questions relating to various proposed explanations, while allowing for questions that do not fit in with the standard interpretations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mechanics http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics#Problems_with_interpretations

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Quantum immortality

Quantum immortality says that a person will never die. As we know the person bound to die in world 'A' (say) may survive on other worlds 'B', 'C',.... as there are always two possibilities in the form of dying or not dying. But how can we say that…
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brains observing the detectors in double slit experiments

Something that has puzzled me in popular descriptions of the double slit experiment is that they usually describe the observation of the detectors as though it is the end of the story for the elements of the experiment, but it seems they always…
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Does Quantum vs Classical Reality implicate contradictions in mathematical models

Background I'm defining the Classical Reality as everything having a given state therefore with enough knowledge about the state of everything at the smallest particle level we can theoretically predict any seemingly random event. I'm defining…
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Does quantum mechanics imply some kind of panpsychism?

As I understand it, one response to quantum immortality thought experiments is that we haven't yet escaped the instant of death, and it's of little relevance anyway, because that instant is small enough to mean that the remaining life-form would be…
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Relational interpretation and 'simulated universe'

With a relational interpretation of quantum mechanics, like Rovelli's, does the unverifiable simulated universe fear fall apart? Given that there are no entities 'plugged in' from the outset - no entities that are intrinsically un-observable -…
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Confusion about how the many worlds interpretation denies the measurement?

I've quite often heard the claim the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics denies the measurement (there is no such thing as the measurement). Many Worlds Interpretation which basically states that the universe as a whole develops like an…
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Implications of particle duality for geometric objects

Considering the Quantum Mechanical definition of particle and its two possible ways of measurement(detecting), point-like object and wave. Does this have implications for how we should perceive Euclidian geometrical objects like point and…
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