For a thing to exist, it means that thing is part of the reality that embeds our minds and our experience,
"Reality" is another taboo word. We have no direct QM experience.
I prefer models that use the same rules whether or not I am looking, in which my reducible mind is not treated as ontologically fundamental.
If there is a single lesson from QM, it is that looking (=measurement) affects what happens. This has nothing to do with minds.
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