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IQuantum Interpretations and Foundations Guidelines
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    InsightsThe Fundamental Difference in Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics - Comments
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      IEntanglement: is there 'action at a distance' due to measurement?
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        IDoes a "physically real" quantum interpretation exist?
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          IWhy can’t entanglement be explained by a signal?
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            IA new realistic stochastic interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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              IIs the fork in the Einstein Podolsky Rosen argument correct?
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                IThe Born rule -- 100 years ago and today
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                  IDecoherent histories for Young's experiment (with and without gas)
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                    IThe Great Rift In Physics: The Tension Between Relativity and QM
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                      AQuantum nonlocality and "spooky action at a distance"
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                        IHow can Bohmian mechanics explain entanglement?
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                          ICan anti-realism really save nonlocality?
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                            INo relativistic Bohmian mechanics and superluminal causation
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                              IIn the many worlds interpretation, how do the worlds join?
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                                IWhat if there were no observers?
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                                  AClarification regarding argument in EPR paper
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                                    ICan Bohmian Mechanics deal with photons?
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                                      AForward-in-time analysis of delayed-choice entanglement swapping
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                                        ILayperson's Question -- The wave function requires observation to collapse?
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                                          I"Proof" of Born rule by principle of indifference
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                                            Dyson's View Of Wavefunction Collapse
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                                              IUncertainty principle on macroscopic objects
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                                                AConsistent Histories and Locality
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                                                  IIs wave function collapse equivalent to entanglement with the observer?
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                                                    AInterpreting photon correlations from independent sources
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                                                      INon-local preparation in entanglement swapping experiments
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                                                        INon-locality by memory (Jung, 2020) applied to stochastic mechanics
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                                                          IRelational QM question from Rovelli's book Helgoland
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                                                            INo conspiracy and superdeterminism
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                                                              IHow Does the Many-Worlds Interpretation Address Nonlocality?
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                                                                IThe TSVF interpretation of quantum mechanics
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                                                                  InsightsPBS Video Comment: “What If Physics IS NOT Describing Reality”
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                                                                    ICan a quantum state be thought of simply as one allowing bidirectional time travel?
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                                                                      IMany worlds and interference
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                                                                        Quantum mechanics, many worlds, and its implications -- I have questions
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                                                                          IAbout quantum interference: space and time
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                                                                            IDoes wave function get updated instantly as environment changes?
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                                                                              INewtonian "schema/paradigm" != Newton's mechanics
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                                                                                IMeasurement as a unitary process
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                                                                                  ILocal mechanism for nonlocal anticorrelations inside spin theory
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                                                                                    ATumulka on Bohmian QED
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                                                                                      IEnergy in Everett's Many-worlds Interpretation
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                                                                                        IReeh-Schlieder theorem : what's the matter with the Taj Mahal?
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                                                                                          IEntanglement in QM interpretations
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                                                                                            IVacuum entanglement: between what and what, exactly?
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                                                                                              IBohmian Prediction of Bell Inequality Violations
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                                                                                                ICan I take the transactional interpretation seriously?
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                                                                                                  APapers on Splitting single particles
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                                                                                                    IWave function collapse in the early Universe
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                                                                                                      Question about entanglement over large distances
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                                                                                                        IWould the state collapse when quantum entanglement is being observed?
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                                                                                                          IAre there asymptotic QFT/QED states in a constant magnetic field?
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                                                                                                            Why is the "conscious observer" thing considered?
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                                                                                                              IBell violations + perfect correlations via conservative Brownian motion
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                                                                                                                IRadioactivity in quantum physics
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                                                                                                                  IMWI as applied to measurement of spin 1/2 entangled particle pair
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                                                                                                                    ATeaching ideal quantum measurement, from dynamics to interpretation
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                                                                                                                      ICan the "measurement problem" just be an "epistemological ambiguity"?
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                                                                                                                        IWhat is the mathematical expression of the process of the wave functions collapsing?
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                                                                                                                          AResolution of the Frauchiger-Renner paradox
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                                                                                                                            AIs the QT "no-cloning theorem" suitable as "Chronological Protection"?
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                                                                                                                              IWhat exactly does quantum immortality convey?
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                                                                                                                                IAre there any accepted relativistic interpretations of quantum mechanics?
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                                                                                                                                  AFeynman rules for Entangled photons
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                                                                                                                                    ADouble slit experiment using entangled photons
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                                                                                                                                      IWave function collapse
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                                                                                                                                        IQFT made Bohmian mechanics a non-starter: missed opportunities?
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                                                                                                                                          IIs QM generally believed to be able to describe Newtonian mechanics?
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                                                                                                                                            IExperiment distinguishes Standard QM vs Bohm: Asymmetric beam splitter
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                                                                                                                                              IWhat is the statistical minimal interpretation?
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                                                                                                                                                INelson's Stochastic Mechanics, simple argument why interference exists?
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                                                                                                                                                  AGravity in the Thermal Interpretation
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                                                                                                                                                    IHow Does Local Measurement Affect an Entangled System?
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                                                                                                                                                      IA Bold New Take on Quantum Theory
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                                                                                                                                                        A Critique of Everett's "Many Wolds" interpretation
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                                                                                                                                                          IBohmian interpretation of Schrodinger's Cat
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                                                                                                                                                            IHow To Experimentally Confirm the Wigner-Von Neumann Interpretation
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                                                                                                                                                              ICollapse of particle wave function and single Universe wave function?
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                                                                                                                                                                IDoes Schrodinger's Cat contradict itself?
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                                                                                                                                                                  ICarroll's Derivation of the Born Rule in MWI with Unequal Amplitudes
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                                                                                                                                                                    APossibilities of Time-Independent Entangled Photons
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                                                                                                                                                                      IMultiverse theory -- Why don't strange things happen here sometimes?
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                                                                                                                                                                        IWhy is there no consensus about the meaning of probability in MWI?
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                                                                                                                                                                          IMany-Worlds and Testable Claims
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                                                                                                                                                                            AEntangling a photon from the Sun with one from Earth
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                                                                                                                                                                              AYakir Aharonov's time-symmetric formulation of quantum mechanics
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                                                                                                                                                                                IExploring Measurements in Quantum Field Theory: From Light Cones to Bell Tests
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                                                                                                                                                                                  IQuantum entanglement in the MWI
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                                                                                                                                                                                    ALoophole-free test of local realism via Hardy's violation
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                                                                                                                                                                                      IMinimal vs Instrumental vs Ensemble
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                                                                                                                                                                                        IThe Self-Decoherence of Schroedinger's Cat
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                                                                                                                                                                                          AMWI and the entangled photon experiment
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                                                                                                                                                                                            AIs MWI Considered Local in Quantum Mechanics?
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                                                                                                                                                                                              IUnderstanding Bell Inequality Proof: Explained from a Probability Perspective
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                                                                                                                                                                                                IThe Horrifying Implications of the Many-Worlds Interpretation
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  AIs there still a Wigner's friend paradox?
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    IHow many worlds is Many Worlds talking about?
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      IDoubts regarding my interpretation of Wigner’s Friend Scenario
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                                                                                                                                                                                                        IWhy does wave amplitude indicate particle location in QM?
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          IWhat is the true nature of worlds in the Many-Worlds Interpretation?
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            IMany worlds interpretation with unequal probabilities
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              Discuss the foundations of Quantum Mechanics as a theory structure and different published interpretations of Quantum Mechanics.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Interpretations of quantum mechanics are a way to explain how the mathematical theory of quantum mechanics "corresponds" to reality.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              These discussions present unique challenges since they deal with matters for which there is not an established "right" answer that has been confirmed by experiment and is generally accepted by scientists in the field. As a result, such discussions do not usually reach a fairly quick resolution, and often do not reach a resolution at all.

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