Re:Interpretations of quantum theory: A map of madness
by stared on Thursday September 17, 2015 @09:44AM
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Some interpretation may matter, as e.g. they can be more fruitful in generating new predictions, or extending a theory. And some may turn out to be wrong (e.g. the hidden variable interpretation, which before Bell was considered just a different interpretation).
So my impression is that the lay audience like hearing big words, even if they cannot understand it at all (but it is easier to delude oneself that one understands "many words" than a particular set of equations).
And the opinion that interpretation doesn't matter, there's equations, and what they say takes precedence over whatever a human mind produces. That they don't fit well in any of these "interpretations" merely amplifies that belief (as it should).
It's a matter of perspective.