> No formalism describes the outcome of experiments by itself. That is so wrong as to border on the ridiculous. The quantum mechanics formalism, i.e. the SE p

> No formalism describes the outcome of experiments by itself. That is so wrong as to border on the ridiculous. The quantum mechanics formalism, i.e. the SE plus the BR together describe the outcomes of experiments. No interpretation is required. You just turn the crank on the math and predictions pop out. There is a reason that "shut up and calculate" is a thing. The only reason people talk about interpretations at all is that the structure of the math is violently at odds with our intuitions and subjective experience, and this leaves some people feeling queasy and wanting an explanation. There's nothing wrong with that. But it has absolutely nothing to do with the power of the formalism to make predictions, which is completely independent of any interpretation. (And this is true of classical mechanics as well.)