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I’m still mys­tified by the Born rule

So8resMar 4, 2021, 2:35 AM
100 points
44 comments10 min readLW link

De­mys­tify­ing Born’s rule

Christopher KingJun 14, 2023, 3:16 AM
5 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

Con­figu­ra­tions and Amplitude

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 11, 2008, 3:14 AM
71 points
361 comments10 min readLW link

Distinct Configurations

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 12, 2008, 4:42 AM
76 points
24 comments6 min readLW link

De­co­her­ence is Simple

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 6, 2008, 7:44 AM
72 points
62 comments11 min readLW link

De­co­her­ence is Falsifi­able and Testable

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 7, 2008, 7:54 AM
47 points
43 comments9 min readLW link

Liv­ing in Many Worlds

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 5, 2008, 2:24 AM
62 points
81 comments5 min readLW link

Quan­tum Non-Realism

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 8, 2008, 5:27 AM
56 points
40 comments8 min readLW link

If Many-Wor­lds Had Come First

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 10, 2008, 7:43 AM
95 points
189 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Are the Born prob­a­bil­ities re­ally that mys­te­ri­ous?

Adele LopezMar 2, 2021, 3:08 AM
45 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

From Con­cep­tual Spaces to Quan­tum Con­cepts: For­mal­is­ing and Learn­ing Struc­tured Con­cep­tual Models

Roman LeventovFeb 6, 2024, 10:18 AM
8 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Shröd­inger’s lot­tery or: Why you are go­ing to live forever

Chase DowdellSep 7, 2022, 6:13 PM
1 point
2 comments4 min readLW link

Many Wor­lds, One Best Guess

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 11, 2008, 8:32 AM
53 points
80 comments13 min readLW link

Re­plac­ing Nat­u­ral Interpretations

adamShimiMar 16, 2022, 1:05 PM
19 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What am I miss­ing? (quan­tum physics)

kithpendragonAug 21, 2020, 12:39 PM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Quan­tum Explanations

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 9, 2008, 8:15 AM
95 points
61 comments6 min readLW link

Quan­tum par­ti­cles and clas­si­cal filaments

From_Branes_to_BrainsSep 4, 2021, 9:45 PM
11 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

If I care about mea­sure, choices have ad­di­tional bur­den (+AI gen­er­ated LW-com­ments)

avturchinNov 15, 2024, 10:27 AM
5 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

The quan­tum red pill or: They lied to you, we live in the (den­sity) matrix

Dmitry VaintrobJan 17, 2025, 1:58 PM
37 points
34 comments12 min readLW link

The Quan­tum Wave Func­tion is Re­lated to a Philos­o­phy Concept

Richard AragonApr 20, 2023, 3:16 AM
−11 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

A new in­tro to Quan­tum Physics, with the math fixed

titotalOct 29, 2023, 3:11 PM
113 points
23 comments17 min readLW link
(titotal.substack.com)

Bell’s The­o­rem: No EPR “Real­ity”

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 4, 2008, 4:44 AM
40 points
29 comments9 min readLW link

The Born Probabilities

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 1, 2008, 5:50 AM
38 points
82 comments6 min readLW link

Joint Configurations

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 11, 2008, 5:00 AM
80 points
40 comments4 min readLW link

Col­lapse Postulates

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 9, 2008, 7:49 AM
57 points
66 comments3 min readLW link

Where Philos­o­phy Meets Science

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 12, 2008, 9:21 PM
62 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Quan­tum Joint Con­figu­ra­tion ar­ti­cle: need help from physicists

mwenglerDec 22, 2010, 6:32 PM
25 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Quan­tum Me­chan­ics, Noth­ing to do with Consciousness

Donald HobsonNov 26, 2018, 6:59 PM
5 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Quan­tum im­mor­tal­ity: Is de­cline of mea­sure com­pen­sated by merg­ing timelines?

avturchinDec 11, 2018, 7:39 PM
9 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Quan­tum the­ory can­not con­sis­tently de­scribe the use of itself

avturchinSep 20, 2018, 10:04 PM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(foundations.ethz.ch)

The Con­scious Sorites Paradox

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 28, 2008, 2:58 AM
18 points
41 comments5 min readLW link

Rel­a­tive Con­figu­ra­tion Space

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 26, 2008, 9:25 AM
22 points
22 comments8 min readLW link

Why I Pre­fer the Copen­hagen In­ter­pre­ta­tion(s)

dadadarrenOct 31, 2020, 9:06 PM
5 points
44 comments4 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

[Question] Is “phys­i­cal non­de­ter­minism” a mean­ingful con­cept?

LironJun 16, 2019, 3:55 PM
23 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Im­pli­ca­tions of Quan­tum Com­put­ing for Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence Align­ment Research

Aug 22, 2019, 10:33 AM
24 points
3 comments13 min readLW link

Ethics in Many Worlds

finNov 6, 2020, 11:21 PM
8 points
24 comments9 min readLW link

Quotes and Notes on Scott Aaron­son’s “The Ghost in the Quan­tum Tur­ing Ma­chine”

ShmiJun 17, 2013, 5:11 AM
31 points
83 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] What is the most effi­cient way to cre­ate more wor­lds in the many wor­lds in­ter­pre­ta­tion of quan­tum me­chan­ics?

seankApr 11, 2022, 12:26 AM
4 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

De­mon­strat­ing MWI by in­terfer­ing hu­man simulations

Yair HalberstadtMay 8, 2022, 5:28 PM
12 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] A ter­rify­ing var­i­ant of Boltz­mann’s brains problem

Zeruel017May 30, 2022, 8:08 PM
5 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] For­ma­tion via nu­cle­ation of boltz­mann brains

Zeruel017Jun 1, 2022, 6:05 PM
0 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does quan­tum me­chan­ics pre­dict all the effects of rel­a­tivity ex­cept grav­ity?

EniScienJun 4, 2022, 1:52 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] In a lack of data, how should you weigh cre­dences in the­o­ret­i­cal physics’s The­o­ries of Every­thing, or TOEs?

Noosphere89Sep 7, 2022, 6:25 PM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Life, Death, and Fi­nance in the Cos­mic Mul­ti­verse

peterbOct 16, 2022, 6:57 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Quan­tum Im­mor­tal­ity, foiled

BenOct 29, 2022, 11:00 AM
27 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] Wave­func­tions: from Lin­ear Alge­bra to Spinors

senDec 7, 2022, 12:44 PM
11 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(paperclip.substack.com)

Non-Uni­tary Quan­tum Logic—SERI MATS Re­search Sprint

YegregFeb 16, 2023, 7:31 PM
27 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Dice De­ci­sion Making

Bart BussmannMar 10, 2023, 1:01 PM
20 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What is the most prob­a­ble AI?

Zeruel017Jun 20, 2022, 11:26 PM
−2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Plan­ning to build a cryp­to­graphic box with perfect secrecy

Lysandre TerrisseDec 31, 2023, 9:31 AM
40 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Disprov­ing and par­tially fix­ing a fully ho­mo­mor­phic en­cryp­tion scheme with perfect secrecy

Lysandre TerrisseMay 26, 2024, 2:56 PM
16 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Quan­tum Dar­winism, so­cial con­structs, and the sci­en­tific method

pchvykovFeb 7, 2024, 7:04 AM
6 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

In­ter­pret­ing Quan­tum Me­chan­ics in In­fra-Bayesian Physicalism

YegregFeb 12, 2024, 6:56 PM
30 points
6 comments43 min readLW link

Nu­clear Quan­tum Im­mor­tal­ity Hack­ing

NezekMar 23, 2024, 10:08 PM
−3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Quan­tum Web Hy­poth­e­sis (QWH): Ex­plor­ing the In­ter­sec­tion of Hu­man-AI Col­lab­o­ra­tion and Spec­u­la­tive Physics

SystematicApproachAug 13, 2024, 6:01 PM
1 point
0 comments9 min readLW link

The The­ory of Univer­sal Con­nec­tivity in Quan­tum Mechanics

János BálintOct 16, 2024, 2:19 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why are there no in­ter­est­ing (1D, 2-state) quan­tum cel­lu­lar au­tomata?

Optimization ProcessNov 26, 2024, 12:11 AM
29 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

The Laws of Large Numbers

Dmitry VaintrobJan 4, 2025, 11:54 AM
38 points
11 comments12 min readLW link

Quan­tum with­out complication

Jan 16, 2025, 8:53 AM
30 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

Tether­ware #1: The case for hu­man­like AI with free will

Jáchym FibírJan 30, 2025, 10:58 AM
5 points
11 comments10 min readLW link
(tetherware.substack.com)

Did Ar­tifi­cial Su­per­in­tel­li­gence Ex­ist at the Big Bang?

Aaron LiJan 30, 2025, 9:35 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link