On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 7:02 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> On 11/22/2019 6:14 AM, John Clark wrote: > > Why does the act of measurement seem to override the evolution of > Schrödinger's wave function, and what exactly does a "measurement" even > mean? Many Worlds is the only interpretation that can give a credible > answer to that question > > > The epistemological interpretation also gives a credible answer. > Have you ever seen the paper by Pusey, Barrett, and Rudolph (arXiv:1111.3328)? They prove a theorem that places limitations on the viability of a purely epistemic interpretation of the wave function: "Here we show that any model in which a quantum state represents mere information about an underlying physical state of the system, and in which systems prepared independently have independent physical states, must make predictions which contradict those of quantum theory." Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLSLNYDKyEAKBMomqpu2ys3p5CxbDhbpfEctiG29bpN5HQ%40mail.gmail.com.
