An introduction to QBism with an application to the locality of quantum mechanics

American Journal of Physics - Tập 82 Số 8 - Trang 749-754 - 2014
Christopher A. Fuchs1,2, N. David Mermin3,4, Rüdiger Schack5,6
1Raytheon BBN Technologies , 19 Jonkershoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa and , 10 Moulton Street, Cambridge Massachusetts 02138
2Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, 19 Jonkershoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa and Raytheon BBN Technologies, 10 Moulton Street, Cambridge Massachusetts 02138
3Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University Ithaca , 19 Jonkershoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa and , New York 14853
4Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, 19 Jonkershoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa and Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853
5Royal Holloway University of London , 19 Jonkershoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa and Department of Mathematics, , Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
6Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, 19 Jonkershoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa and Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom

Tóm tắt

We give an introduction to the QBist interpretation of quantum mechanics, which removes the paradoxes, conundra, and pseudo-problems that have plagued quantum foundations for the past nine decades. As an example, we show in detail how this interpretation eliminates “quantum nonlocality.”

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