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arXiv:1602.05025 · Journal of Physics Conference Series

All is Ψ

Lev Vaidman A

Published Mar 1, 2016• 14 citations
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Abstract

It is argued that standard quantum theory without collapse provides a satisfactory explanation of everything we experience in this and in numerous parallel worlds. The only fundamental ontology is the universal wave function evolving in a deterministic way without action at a distance.
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/701/1/012020

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