Inconsistency within the Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me7.153Keywords:
quantum mechanics, ontology, inconsistency, EverettAbstract
Perhaps the most exotic interpretation of quantum mechanics is the so-called Everett interpretation. It was first conceived as an overcoming proposal to Copenhagen formulation of QM, free of the problems of the latter and with a realistic approach. In this paper, we show the several semantic and ontological problems in the current formulations of this interpretation, and we discuss the critical problem of the conserved quantities and the assumptions on the space-time symmetries in the theory. We conclude that Everett interpretation and its many modern reformulations are inconsistent.
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