How Everett Solved the Probability Problem in Everettian Quantum Mechanics
| Autor: | Dustin Lazarovici |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Quantum Reports, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 407-417 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2624-960X 97512427 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/quantum5020026 |
| Popis: | A longstanding issue in the Everettian (Many-Worlds) interpretation is to justify and make sense of the Born rule that underlies the statistical predictions of standard quantum mechanics. The paper offers a reappraisal of Everett’s original account in light of the recent literature on the concept of typicality. It argues that Everett’s derivation of the Born rule is sound and, in a certain sense, even an optimal result, and defends it against the charge of circularity. The conclusion is that Everett’s typicality argument can successfully ground post-factum explanations of Born statistics, while questions remain about the predictive power of the Many-Worlds interpretation. |
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