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I'm at least not sure why that unwillingness should lead you toward Copenhagen rather than Everett.

• l33tman 2y ago
  It's because the Copenhagen interpretation comes with the standard method of actually calculating stuff. You might call it a cheap shortcut, but it works (so far).
  • notfed 2y ago
    As does Everett.
    • l33tman 2y ago
      Please explain. I've only ever seen handwaving in pop-sci books like Sean Carrolls suggesting this (something about that the Born-rule was the "only possible equation" which seemed somewhat tautological to me), and IIRC this wasn't very encouraging either because it didn't come with any experiments that could be done to show a difference to the standard methodology and then you tend to pick the simplest method which is the one everybody else uses every day. Would be cool if there were of course. I'm not saying it isn't interesting, I'm just saying I completely understand why most physicists don't bother as it doesn't bring anything new to their table - there are plenty of other practical quantum effects that require research as well.
• pdonis 2y ago
  Personally, it leads me to "shut up and calculate". You can use QM to make physical predictions without adopting any interpretation at all. Interpretations are not tools of physics. They're ways for people to tell themselves comforting stories about "what really happens" that have nothing to do with actually using physics to make predictions.