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11 Post author: dvasya 15 May 2014 08:10PM

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Comment author: dvasya 16 May 2014 04:21:36PM *  1 point [-]

I'm not sure "not-MWI" is a single coherent interpretation :) Under Copenhagen, for example, the Born rule has to be postulated. The present paper

does not support the Copenhagen interpretation (in any form)

MWI also postulates it, see V_V's comment.

As for the paper's assumptions, they seem to be no different than the assumptions of normal probabilistic reasoning as laid out by Cox/Polya/Jaynes/etc., with all that ensues in regard to relevance.

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 18 May 2014 03:50:22PM 0 points [-]

I have never seen anything other than MWI which even comes close to justifying the Born probabilities except by emulating MWI.