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Defining the Observed World in Quantum Mechanics

2015/07/04 by Hitoshi Inamori, Inamori, Hitoshi
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #physics.hist-ph #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.01102

3 pages, no figure

arxiv created 2015/07/04 · arxiv updated 2015/07/07

Abstract

This paper defines what constitutes the Observed World in the Quantum Mechanical framework, based strictly on what is actually observed beyond doubt, instead of building observables on what is inferred from actual observations. Such principle narrows down considerably what can be considered as being part of the Observed World. On the other hand, we argue that some information - that is in general assumed as granted - should actually be considered as being part of the Observed World. We discuss the implications of such assertion, in the way we perceive time evolution, information growth and causality.

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