The Bell inequality and the many-worlds interpretation

DOI10.1017/CBO9781316219393.014zbMATH Open1356.81050arXiv1501.02691OpenAlexW2509909176MaRDI QIDQ2956264FDOQ2956264

Authors: Lev Vaidman 

Publication date: 16 January 2017

Abstract: It is argued that the lesson we should learn from Bell's inequalities is not that quantum mechanics requires some kind of action at a distance, but that it leads us to believe in parallel worlds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02691

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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