arXiv:quant-ph/0603027quant-ph
On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Theory
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Abstract
Bohmian mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber theory provide opposite resolutions of the quantum measurement problem: the former postulates additional variables (the particle positions) besides the wave function, whereas the latter implements spontaneous collapses of the wave function by a nonlinear and stochastic modification of Schrödinger's equation. Still, both theories, when understood appropriately, share the following structure: They are ultimately not about wave functions but about ``matter'' moving in space, represented by either particle trajectories, fields on space-time, or a discrete set of space-time points. The role of the wave function then is to govern the motion of the matter.
Thinking out loud here I guess, but I'd like to hear Eliezer's opinion on the interpretations of QM that do reconcile conscious experience with these probabilities in a way that doesn't require splitting worlds, like these: http://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0603027
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