Gravity is unlikely to be the cause of quantum collapse, experiment suggests

Re:Gravity is unlikely to be the cause of quantum collapse, ... by Enginerrrd on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:34PM (#24404126)

Isn't your subjective experience just one probabilistic eigenvalue of a particular combination of operators corresponding to your observation? How does unitary evolution break down here?

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Re:Gravity is unlikely to be the cause of quantum collapse, ... by LittleTester on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:43PM (#24404171)

It's not unitary evolution breaking down, just that the Born rule isn't a consequence of unitary evolution. They're separate independent hypotheses. In most derivations of QM from an axiomatic basis they're consequences of separate combinations of axioms.

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Re:Gravity is unlikely to be the cause of quantum collapse, ... by Enginerrrd on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:24AM (#24409325)

Thanks. Do you by chance have a good source for a gentle introduction into axiomatic QM? Like undergrad level is fine, I've taken basic QM and worked through Griffith's intro book on my own, and I've had a lot of math.

I'd love to read more but my google results aren't turning up a good definitive introduction.

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