hairyfigment comments on How accurate is the quantum physics sequence? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 17 April 2012 08:25:41AM 3 points [-]

He says that the argument given for many-worlds is valid iff you're a scientific realist, which not all scientists are.

Even then it's not obvious that it's the best explanation. Also depends on what you mean by 'realist'.

Comment author: hairyfigment 17 April 2012 10:32:54PM 2 points [-]

Apparently Solvent's friend thinks otherwise. My own physics-grad-student friend said MWI looks like the best explanation, though he stressed our ignorance more.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 18 April 2012 02:59:11AM 1 point [-]

Well, another approach is to decide that probability distributions are merely a classical approximation to density matrices.