TL;DR
This paper discusses the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, highlighting its advantages in removing action at a distance and randomness, while also addressing its limitations and misconceptions that hinder consensus.
Contribution
It provides a subjective overview of the MWI, emphasizing its unique features and clarifying common misconceptions to better understand its ontological framework.
Findings
MWI removes action at a distance and randomness from quantum theory.
It presents an ontological picture of the universal wave function as a superposition of world wave functions.
Addresses limitations of MWI regarding questions of probability.
Abstract
A brief (subjective) description of the state of the art of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics (MWI) is presented. It is argued that the MWI is the only interpretation which removes action at a distance and randomness from quantum theory. Limitations of the MWI regarding questions of probability which can be legitimately asked are specified. The ontological picture of the MWI as a theory of the universal wave function decomposed into a superposition of world wave functions, the important parts of which are defined in three-dimensional space, is presented from the point of view of our particular branch. Some speculations about misconceptions, which apparently prevent the MWI to be in the consensus, are mentioned.
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