Contra multos verbos: On scandals of quantum mechanics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11669v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:11:47 GMT
• Title: Contra multos verbos: On scandals of quantum mechanics
• Abstract summary: A detailed viewpoint is presented on the status of quantum mechanics, distilled from two decades of work with Armen Allahverdyan and Roger Balian. It embodies a certain minimal form of the statistical interpretation and stays clear of ontological connections.
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• Abstract: In 2008 Nico van Kampen wrote in his letter {\it The scandal of quantum mechanics}: ``The scandal is that there are still many articles, discussions and textbooks, which advertise various interpretations and philosophical profundities." Not much has changed since then, while social media have given a platform for more of what Nico would term ``a scandal''. A detailed viewpoint is presented on the status of quantum mechanics, distilled from two decades of work with Armen Allahverdyan and Roger Balian on the dynamical solution of Curie-Weiss models for quantum measurement. It embodies a certain minimal form of the statistical interpretation and stays clear of ontological connections. Along the way, comments on various related subjects, terms and interpretations are given.

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