Re: Super Copenhagen Interpretation (Consistent Histories)

"J. Horta":

I can't for the life of me figure out what an "interpretation" of QM
is. Why do people feel QM needs extra interpretation beyond this
is the formalism and this is how to use it?

The need for interpretation arises when you want to perform a measurement on
a quantum system. When does the wavefunction collapse? Never? When the
observer intervenes? Intelligent observer? A dumb camera?

Is GR interpreted? Classical mechanics?

Yes - their interpretation is trivially simple. Not so with QM.

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Fizyk

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