论文标题

鸟类,青蛙和测量问题

Birds, Frogs, and the Measurement Problem

论文作者

Boughn, Stephen

论文摘要

自从一个世纪前,物理学家和哲学家都在量子力学中考虑了量子力学的测量问题。 Marcel Reginatto和I(2013)与其他许多人一样,其中包括人造问题,不需要解决问题。我本文的目的不是要详细说明这个结论,而是要阐明问题首先出现的原因以及为什么它持续存在的原因,而不是身体反思。我要感谢弗里曼·戴森(Freeman Dyson)的支持,因为他支持我进入量子力学基础,并以对他的致敬,利用他的“鸟与青蛙”的隐喻,如下所述。我并不是说他会同意我的反思,也不会同意我对他的隐喻的使用。另一方面,从他的著作和与他的交谈中,很明显,戴森像Bohr一样不屑一顾。

Physicists and philosophers alike have pondered the measurement problem in quantum mechanics since the beginning of the theory nearly a century ago. Marcel Reginatto and I (2013) have made the case as have many others, Niels Bohr among them, that the problem is artificial and needs no resolution. The purpose of my present essay is not to elaborate on this conclusion but rather to shed light on the reasons why the problem arose in the first place and why it persists today, a more sociological than physical reflection. I am indebted to Freeman Dyson for his support of my forays into the foundations of quantum mechanics and, as a tribute to him, make use of his "birds and frogs" metaphor as explained below. I am not suggesting that he would have agreed with my ruminations nor approved of my use of his metaphor. On the other hand, from his writings and my conversations with him, it is clear that Dyson was as dismissive of the measurement problem as Bohr.

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