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Re:Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning to Disso... by borissk on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:12PM (#47211804)
I think you're right, the many worlds interpretation makes the most sense. Unfortunately out current technology is very far from delivering any experimental confirmation or denial of any of the mainstream interpretations.
Re:Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning to Disso... by Nevermark on Sunday March 01, 2026 @08:12PM (#47212675)
You are right, but I think there is a more positive viewpoint.

All experiments agree with the many worlds interpretation (again, better described as a quantum web interpretation), and it is the plain Occam's Razor interpretation.

No additional flourishes needed.

And it is the interpretation that doesn't just conserve in one history (i.e. conservation of energy etc.), but conserves information globally.

That gives the many worlds view very very strong specific theoretical support, that alternate views dispense with.

It is conjectures about elaborations, like "collapses", that would break conservation of information, with no experimental or theoretical necessity underlying them, that would need to prove themselves.

If I lack any optimism, it is for those conjectured complications.

Re:Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning to Disso... by spot5010 on Sunday March 01, 2026 @08:14PM (#47212689)
What if we create a situation in a lab that can be labelled as a collapse of the wave function by interaction with a macroscopic object. Except the macroscopic object is under our control and we can reverse the collapse.

A quantum computer is such a macroscopic state.

Re:Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning to Disso... by borissk on Monday March 02, 2026 @05:54AM (#47216323)
From the decoherence / Many-Worlds view: No collapse occurred. Only entanglement happened.