I think this is the best question so far :) After an informal poll of ~30 of our scientists/engineers, ~8 said they subscribe to the many-worlds interpretation

I think this is the best question so far :) After an informal poll of ~30 of our scientists/engineers, ~8 said they subscribe to the many-worlds interpretation [1] [2] of quantum mechanics. To be honest, this is a discussion that comes up surprisingly infrequently at the office! This result reminds me of Sean Carroll's "Most Embarrassing Graph in Modern Physics" [3]. When top theoretical physicists are polled, it seems like no interpretation of quantum mechanics even takes the majority! In my view, the lack of consensus around this (after ~100 years) underscores the strangeness of the theory. I should mention that David Deutsch (one of the pioneers of quantum computing), Steven Hawking, Max Tegmark, Sean Carroll, John Preskill, and many other prominent physicists prefer the many-worlds interpretation (citation needed). If you like the "leveraging the multiverse" view of quantum computing, be sure to watch David Deutsch's video lectures [4]! In his view, multiple universes is the way to explain the power of a quantum computer. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation [2]: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/ [3]: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/17/the-most-embarrassing-graph-in-modern-physics/ http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/17/the-most... [4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24YxS9lo9so https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24YxS9lo9so