The Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

The interpretations of quantum physics are a collection of attempts of many physicists to try and make quantum physics make sense. The measurement problem and entanglement are notions that are confusing to us humans and people puzzle over questions like: Is the wave function real or just mathematics? What does a subatomic particle really look like? What is particle-wave duality really? That is where the interpretations of quantum physics come in. This is my attempt to cover the main ones.

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Further reading:
Some summaries of the different interpretations:
I would also recommend the book 'Beyond Weird' by Philip Ball

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[phoule]

maybe there's a universe out there where I believe in the Many Worlds interpretation

[DyslexicMitochondria]

Einstein, Newton and Pascal are playing hide and go seek.lt’s Einstein’s turn to count so he covers his eyes and starts counting to ten.Pascal runs off and hides. Newton draws a one meter by one meter square on the ground in front of Einstein then stands in the middle of it. Einstein reaches ten and uncovers his eyes. He sees Newton immediately and exclaims “Newton! I found you! You’re it!” Newton smiles and says “You didn’t find me, you found a Newton over a square meter. You found Pascal!”

[LookingGlassUniverse]

Massive effort explaining all these interpretations, well done! I’m impressed!

[jimmybillard]

You should run your brain on Linux not windows

[KelvinDueck]

This is a terrific summary. Thanks for all your hard work!

Congratulations! I think this is a brave attempt to explain the main quantum theories, most are known or sound to many of us, interested on the topics. But it's nice to have them all together right there in front of us. I agree with you, there must be some basic things missing on quantum physics, as there are so many theories, and none of them explain most of the evidence. Many thanks and keep going!

[SteveJFrost]

I wish I had a physicist friend that I could talk to for hours and give my opinion on how I think things work, just so they could explain why I’m wrong! 😁

[porusvaid]

This was literally the best explanation of almost every interpretation of Quantum mechanics, to be honest, I'd really like to see you push the boundary and make a more detailed version of it. I'm just saying, it would be really appreciable.
In all, it was a great
love from India.

[Amaridi]

"We might be missing something fundamental... to go back to the main principles" couldn't agree more. I 'believe' it would be that too, re-questioning our very assumptions of reality and scientific measurement/analysis :) very informative illustrative video, thank you.

[yash]

3:32 "shut up & calculate" lol
10:22 Pilot-wave threory/bohmian mechanics
11:24 Alternative Collapse Theory
12:25 Testable prediction
[14:15 Transactional interpretation
i was soooo waiting for this one, i thought u'd leave this. but glad u covered it.
14:44 *star point:* "This can get around Bell's theorem."

[chrisrebar]

Ha, so the takeaway is "we dont know and we cant agree!" .... Love it. Nice presentation

[jzzy]

Bohmian mechanics will win! Do not be afraid of non-locality :)

[slickinfinity.crypto]

100% we're missing some crucial information but I am hopeful we'll keep advancing. Great explanation on the subject !

[thisfeatureisdumbandredundant]

Now we need a map of the many interpretations of quantum physics.

[Ed-K]

15:55 Oh, I love this moment,
It seems that quantum rabbit hole is entangled in physicist's brain-melting.
Thx for your best effort. XD

[danielwinicki]

I still agree with Einstein: "God" doesn't play dice". In my opinion, the random (and sometimes mystical) appearance of quantum physics is due to what he well said in the video: we're missing something fundamental

[ReidarWasenius]

Once again, WARM THANKS for your great work. The result is a great overview!! I will now rewatch the video. :-)

[tylertrafford]

You are absolutely the best explainer ever. I'm hooked and can hardly wait for more. Thanks for being so smart

[quahntasy]

This is such an amazing summary. Thanks for this work!

[imaginaryuniverse]

I think consciousness is the reason for the uncertainty of Heisenberg. We can't predict what will happen only observe what has happened because nothing happens until it is observed. We seem to observe as we imagine or as we think. I think so.. 🤔