Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: A Paradoxical Picture

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.13928v1
• Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 08:42:09 GMT
• Title: Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: A Paradoxical Picture
• Authors: Amir Abbass Varshovi
• Abstract summary: The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics is studied from an unprecedented ontological perspective. It is demonstrated that with thanks to the uncertainty principle there would be no consistent way to specify the correct ontology of the Universe.
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• Abstract: The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics is studied from an unprecedented ontological perspective based on the reality of (semi-) deterministic parallel worlds in the interpretation. It is demonstrated that with thanks to the uncertainty principle there would be no consistent way to specify the correct ontology of the Universe, hence the MWI is subject to an inherent contradiction which claims that the world where we live in is unreal.

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