Şahin, İ. Can Parallel Lives Provide a Solution to Hardy’s Paradox? Foundations of Physics, 2021, 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-021-00418-z.
Şahin, İ. Can Parallel Lives Provide a Solution to Hardy’s Paradox? Foundations of Physics, 2021, 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-021-00418-z.
Şahin, İ. Can Parallel Lives Provide a Solution to Hardy’s Paradox? Foundations of Physics, 2021, 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-021-00418-z.
Şahin, İ. Can Parallel Lives Provide a Solution to Hardy’s Paradox? Foundations of Physics, 2021, 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-021-00418-z.
Abstract
Parallel lives is a model which provides an interpretation of quantum theory that is both local and realistic. This model assumes that all quantum fields are composed of point beings called ”lives”. Lives interact locally and have a memory of their previous interactions. The reduction of the state vector is not included in this model: lives can be divided into different worlds. This feature resembles many worlds interpretation. However in the parallel lives model, the division of lives into different worlds takes place locally. The parallel lives model is expected to be compatible with special relativity, as the lives propagate at a speed that does not exceed the speed of light and interact locally. On the other hand, it is open to paradoxes based on counterfactual propositions, as it provides a realistic interpretation of quantum theory. In this paper, we confront the parallel lives model with the paradox proposed by Hardy. We show that the parallel lives model cannot overcome the dilemma in Hardy’s paradox. We discuss implications of this confrontation on special theory of relativity, and speculate a solution that we believe, fits the spirit of the parallel lives model.
Keywords
parallel lives model; many worlds interpretation; quantum theory; relativity
Subject
Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology
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