A critical analysis of `Relative facts do not exist: relational quantum mechanics is incompatible with quantum mechanics' by Jay Lawrence, Marcin Markiewicz and Marek Żukowski

DOI10.1007/S10701-023-00743-5MaRDI QIDQ6152104zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Drezet

Publication date 12 February 2024

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.01237

zbMATH Keywords

Greenberger Horne Zeilinger nonlocalityrelational quantum mechanicsWigner friends paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX) Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81Pxx) Communication, information (94Axx)

Abstract: The Relational Quantum Mechanics (RQM) is an alternative interpretation of quantum mechanics that was proposed originally by C.~Rovelli. RQM can be seen as a logical completion and generalization of the Copenhagen (orthodox) interpretation but where the arbitrariness of Heisenberg's quantum `shifty-split' or `cut', which is separating observed and observing subsystems, is taken more seriously. Unlike, the Copenhagen interpretation the cut is not confined to the macroscopic domain and the roles of observed and observing systems are relative and can be inverted. RQM is therefore a more symmetric and general approach.\ Moreover, recently RQM has been criticized and assessed by various authors. The aim of the present comment is to give a short reply to the recent J.~Lawrence et al. article [arxiv: 2210.09025] that concerns RQM and the role of quantum contextuality.

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