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How Quantum Mechanics can consistently describe the use of itself
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We discuss the no-go theorem of Frauchiger and Renner based on an “extended Wigner’s friend” thought experiment which is supposed to show that any single-world interpretation of quantum mechanics leads to inconsistent predictions if it is applicable on all scales. We show that no such inconsistency occurs if one considers a complete description of the physical situation. We then discuss implications of the thought experiment that have not been clearly addressed in the original paper, including a tension between relativity and nonlocal effects predicted by quantum mechanics. Our discussion applies in particular to Bohmian mechanics.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lazarovici, D., & Hubert, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Lausanne (CH)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lazarovici, Dustin
- Venue
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2019-01-24
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 470-470
- ISSN
- 2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6346061
- OpenAlex
- W2913808361
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 26
- FWCI
- 7.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (174745)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Keywords
- measurement problem, Bohmian mechanics, quantum foundations
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