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Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation?
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: Received: 31 July 2022 / Approved: 2 August 2022 / Online: 2 August 2022 (08:49:48 CEST)
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Vaidman, L. Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation? Quantum Rep. 2022, 4, 264-271. Vaidman, L. Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation? Quantum Rep. 2022, 4, 264-271.
Abstract
A brief (subjective) description of the state of the art of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics (MWI) is presented. It is argued that the MWI is the only interpretation which removes action at a distance and randomness from quantum theory. Limitations of the MWI regarding questions of probability which can be legitimately asked are specified. The ontological picture of the MWI as a theory of the universal wave function decomposed in a superposition of world wave functions, the important part of which are defined in three-dimensional space, is viewed from the point of view of our particular branch. Some speculations about misconceptions which apparently prevent the MWI to be in the consensus are mentioned.
Keywords
many-worlds interpretation; interpretations of quantum mechanics; determinism; action at a distance
Subject
Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology
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