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Re:Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? by loup-vaillant on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:51AM (#13200897)
Wait a minute, since when is there any difference between Many Worlds and Decoherence? I always assumed they referred to the same interpretation, do they not?
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Re:Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? by lisper on Saturday December 17, 2016 @10:58AM (#13201112)
There are actually three different ideas in play here: decoherence as described by Zurek, the relative-state interpretation as described by Everett, and the popular account of the universe "splitting" when a measurement is made. All three of these are different, at least rhetorically, even though at a high enough conceptual level they all amount to the same thing.
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