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View SchemaReconciling Spacetime and the Quantum: Relational Blockworld and the Quantum Liar Paradox
| Authors | W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Michael Cifone |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0510090 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0510090 |
| Journal | Foundations of Physics 38, #4, 348 - 383 (2008) |
Abstract
The Relational Blockworld (RBW) interpretation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics (NRQM) is introduced. Accordingly, the spacetime of NRQM is a relational, non-separable blockworld whereby spatial distance is only defined between interacting trans-temporal objects. RBW is shown to provide a novel statistical interpretation of the wavefunction that deflates the measurement problem, as well as a geometric account of quantum entanglement and non-separability that satisfies locality per special relativity and is free of interpretative mystery. We present RBW's acausal and adynamical resolution of the so-called "quantum liar paradox," an experimental set-up alleged to be problematic for a spacetime conception of reality, and conclude by speculating on RBW's implications for quantum gravity.
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