Quantum Confusions, Cleared Up (or so I hope)

2023/09/21 by Sabine Hossenfelder, Hossenfelder, Sabine · 3 voices
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.12299

arxiv published 2023/09/21 · arxiv updated 2024/10/06

Abstract

I use an instrumental approach to investigate some commonly made claims about interpretations of quantum mechanics, especially those that pertain questions of locality. The here presented investigation builds on a recently proposed taxonomy for quantum mechanics interpretations.

Discussions

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