LW will probably be particularly interested in question 12, particularly the prevalence of Copenhagen Interpretation (42%) and information based interpretations (24%) beating out many-worlds (18%). Unfortunately, the survey did not include “shut up and calculate” as an option. Also of interest is question 8 on predicting when a useful quantum computer will exist with no respondent giving a time frame over 50 years (Edit: though some did say ‘never’). Also, I recommend reading the write-in responses that they highlight throughout; many are amusing and show some extremes of thought.
Link: A Snapshot of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics, a paper giving results of a survey of physicists at a conference on the foundations of QM. Lot’s of opinions!
LW will probably be particularly interested in question 12, particularly the prevalence of Copenhagen Interpretation (42%) and information based interpretations (24%) beating out many-worlds (18%). Unfortunately, the survey did not include “shut up and calculate” as an option. Also of interest is question 8 on predicting when a useful quantum computer will exist with no respondent giving a time frame over 50 years (Edit: though some did say ‘never’). Also, I recommend reading the write-in responses that they highlight throughout; many are amusing and show some extremes of thought.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/gbw/open_thread_january_1631_2013/8atz
Yeah looks like I’m bad at finding duplicates. Is there any way to search by date posted?
Not that I know of. In this case I just googled
site:lesswrong.com “a snapshot of foundational”, which works well.