2020/08/21 by Timothy D. Andersen, Andersen, Timothy D.
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #81P05 #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Philosophy and History of Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2009.04244
openalex publication_date 2020/08/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The problem of how to interpret quantum mechanics has persisted for a century. The disconnect between the wavefunction state vector and what is observed in experimental apparati has had no shortage of explanations. But all explanations so far fall short of a compelling and complete interpretation. In this letter, I present a novel interpretation called dynamic histories. I show mathematically how quantum mechanics can be reinterpreted as deterministically evolving dynamical world lines in a 5D universe. Quantum probabilities can be then be reinterpreted as stemming from ignorance of the state of our own world line. Meanwhile, the lack of observed superposition in experimental apparati is explained in that we only live on a single history with a definite set of properties. Hence, superposition is not an actual state of a particle but a model of ignorance as in classical probability theory. This explains nonlocal effects without superluminal communication. I also discuss how this relates to 5D Kaluza-Klein theory.