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Re:Interpretations of quantum theory: A map of madness by misnome on Thursday September 17, 2015 @06:51AM (#10232593)
> At the end of the day, the journalist asks: "How do you plan to make progress if, after 90 years of quantum theory, you still don't know what it means?

Maybe not asking for lay-person descriptions would gain more consistency. Also, it says "A Group of Physicists" which is remarkably vague - physics is a vast field, and picking random scientists doesn't guarantee actually finding someone who has more than a basic grasp (not a criticism of the individual scientists).

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Re:Interpretations of quantum theory: A map of madness by mathgenius on Thursday September 17, 2015 @07:07AM (#10232631)
I think this is a well observed phenomenon [1],[2]. At least in the theoretical quantum group I am in: there is very little agreement about the interpretation of quantum theory. (Maybe the experimentalists don't care as much.)

[1] http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/17/the-most...

[2] http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.1069

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Re:Interpretations of quantum theory: A map of madness by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday September 17, 2015 @09:22AM (#10233165)
Perhaps quantum theory is itself a manifestation of quantum theory - random, observer dependent, and subject to an unavoidable minimal level of ontological indeterminacy.
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