Quantum theory cannot consistently describe the use of itself

Quantum theory cannot consistently describe the use of itself

Quantum mechanics is expected to provide a consistent description of reality, even when recursively describing systems contained in each other. Here, the authors develop a variant of Wigner’s friend Gedankenexperiment where each of the current interpretations of QM fails in giving a consistent descr...

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Main Authors: Daniela Frauchiger, Renato Renner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05739-8
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