Re: many worlds theory question

Posted by yanniru on May 18, 2003 at 20:59:12:

In Reply to: many worlds theory question posted by plancktion on May 18, 2003 at 11:07:48:

Thom,

Please advise me as to what theory you ascribe to to describe the wave function collapse. I have always wondered how so many physicists can talk about collapse without any apparent understanding of how it happens. Do you understand how collapse happens. Or is it just quantum magic, like Feymann's anti-particles that go backwards in time.

Also, it was my impression that the many worlds theory of Everett was a means to avoid the question of collapse that arises in the Copenhagen interpretation. Am I mistaken?

yanniru

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