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arXiv:1712.02894physics.hist-ph

"Space is blue and birds fly through it"

Carlo Rovelli

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Abstract

Quantum mechanics is not about 'quantum states': it is about values of physical variables. I give a short fresh presentation and update on the $relational$ perspective on the theory, and a comment on its philosophical implications.

arXiv comments
Presented to meeting "Foundations of quantum mechanics and their impact on contemporary society", at The Royal Society, London, 11-12 December 2017; To appear in Philosophical Transactions A
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DOI
doi:10.1098/rsta.2017.0312
Subjects
physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics quant-phQuantum Physics

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    • "Objective wavefunction collapse" is not a good "aka" for the CI. There is a great deal of objectivity in it but there's an essential element of subjectivity (shared by neo-CI descendants of the CI such as QBism and Rovelli's relational interpretation) too. Streater's discussion…

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