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Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation?

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04618v1
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 09:23:50 GMT
Title: Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation?
Authors: Lev Vaidman
Abstract summary: It is argued that the MWI is the only interpretation which removes action at a distance and randomness from quantum theory. Some speculations about misconceptions, which apparently prevent the MWI to be in the consensus, are mentioned.
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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 into a superposition of world wave functions, the important parts of which are defined in three-dimensional space, is presented 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.

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