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arXiv:2303.00831 · Quanta

The Everything-is-a-Quantum-Wave Interpretation of Quantum Physics

Vlatko Vedral

Published Oct 4, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

I outline what I think is the most natural interpretation of quantum mechanics. By natural, I simply mean that it requires the least amount of excess baggage and that it is universal in the sense that it can be consistently applied to all the observed phenomena including the universe as a whole. I call it the Everything-is-a-Quantum-Wave Interpretation because I think this is a more appropriate name than the Many Worlds Interpretation. Here, I explain why this is so. Quanta 2026; 15: 19–23.

DOI
10.12743/quanta.96

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