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I’m still mys­tified by the Born rule

So8res4 Mar 2021 2:35 UTC
100 points
44 comments10 min readLW link

De­mys­tify­ing Born’s rule

Christopher King14 Jun 2023 3:16 UTC
5 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

Con­figu­ra­tions and Amplitude

Eliezer Yudkowsky11 Apr 2008 3:14 UTC
70 points
361 comments10 min readLW link

Liv­ing in Many Worlds

Eliezer Yudkowsky5 Jun 2008 2:24 UTC
61 points
80 comments5 min readLW link

De­co­her­ence is Falsifi­able and Testable

Eliezer Yudkowsky7 May 2008 7:54 UTC
46 points
42 comments9 min readLW link

De­co­her­ence is Simple

Eliezer Yudkowsky6 May 2008 7:44 UTC
72 points
62 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Are the Born prob­a­bil­ities re­ally that mys­te­ri­ous?

Adele Lopez2 Mar 2021 3:08 UTC
45 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Distinct Configurations

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Apr 2008 4:42 UTC
75 points
24 comments6 min readLW link

If Many-Wor­lds Had Come First

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 May 2008 7:43 UTC
92 points
189 comments9 min readLW link

Quan­tum Non-Realism

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 May 2008 5:27 UTC
54 points
40 comments8 min readLW link

Quan­tum par­ti­cles and clas­si­cal filaments

From_Branes_to_Brains4 Sep 2021 21:45 UTC
11 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

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

Roman Leventov6 Feb 2024 10:18 UTC
8 points
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(arxiv.org)

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

avturchin15 Nov 2024 10:27 UTC
5 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

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

kithpendragon21 Aug 2020 12:39 UTC
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Quan­tum Explanations

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Apr 2008 8:15 UTC
93 points
61 comments6 min readLW link

Many Wor­lds, One Best Guess

Eliezer Yudkowsky11 May 2008 8:32 UTC
51 points
80 comments13 min readLW link

Re­plac­ing Nat­u­ral Interpretations

adamShimi16 Mar 2022 13:05 UTC
19 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

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

Chase Dowdell7 Sep 2022 18:13 UTC
1 point
2 comments4 min readLW link

The Born Probabilities

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 May 2008 5:50 UTC
37 points
82 comments6 min readLW link

[Link] Wave­func­tions: from Lin­ear Alge­bra to Spinors

sen7 Dec 2022 12:44 UTC
11 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(paperclip.substack.com)

Non-Uni­tary Quan­tum Logic—SERI MATS Re­search Sprint

Yegreg16 Feb 2023 19:31 UTC
27 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

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

Optimization Process26 Nov 2024 0:11 UTC
29 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Joint Configurations

Eliezer Yudkowsky11 Apr 2008 5:00 UTC
79 points
40 comments4 min readLW link

The The­ory of Univer­sal Con­nec­tivity in Quan­tum Mechanics

János Bálint16 Oct 2024 14:19 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Col­lapse Postulates

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 May 2008 7:49 UTC
56 points
66 comments3 min readLW link

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

SystematicApproach13 Aug 2024 18:01 UTC
1 point
0 comments9 min readLW link

Nu­clear Quan­tum Im­mor­tal­ity Hack­ing

Nezek23 Mar 2024 22:08 UTC
−3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

In­ter­pret­ing Quan­tum Me­chan­ics in In­fra-Bayesian Physicalism

Yegreg12 Feb 2024 18:56 UTC
30 points
6 comments43 min readLW link

Quan­tum Dar­winism, so­cial con­structs, and the sci­en­tific method

pchvykov7 Feb 2024 7:04 UTC
6 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

Where Philos­o­phy Meets Science

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Apr 2008 21:21 UTC
61 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Dice De­ci­sion Making

Bart Bussmann10 Mar 2023 13:01 UTC
20 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Quan­tum Joint Con­figu­ra­tion ar­ti­cle: need help from physicists

mwengler22 Dec 2010 18:32 UTC
25 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Quan­tum Me­chan­ics, Noth­ing to do with Consciousness

Donald Hobson26 Nov 2018 18:59 UTC
5 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

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

avturchin11 Dec 2018 19:39 UTC
9 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Quan­tum the­ory can­not con­sis­tently de­scribe the use of itself

avturchin20 Sep 2018 22:04 UTC
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(foundations.ethz.ch)

The Con­scious Sorites Paradox

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 Apr 2008 2:58 UTC
18 points
41 comments5 min readLW link

Rel­a­tive Con­figu­ra­tion Space

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 May 2008 9:25 UTC
22 points
22 comments8 min readLW link

Why I Pre­fer the Copen­hagen In­ter­pre­ta­tion(s)

dadadarren31 Oct 2020 21:06 UTC
5 points
44 comments4 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

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

Liron16 Jun 2019 15:55 UTC
23 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Im­pli­ca­tions of Quan­tum Com­put­ing for Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence Align­ment Research

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

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

Lysandre Terrisse26 May 2024 14:56 UTC
16 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Ethics in Many Worlds

fin6 Nov 2020 23:21 UTC
8 points
24 comments9 min readLW link

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

Shmi17 Jun 2013 5:11 UTC
31 points
83 comments15 min readLW link

[Cross­post] In­tro­duc­ing the Save State Paradox

Suzie. EXE18 May 2024 17:00 UTC
−6 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

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

seank11 Apr 2022 0:26 UTC
4 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

De­mon­strat­ing MWI by in­terfer­ing hu­man simulations

Yair Halberstadt8 May 2022 17:28 UTC
12 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

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

Zeruel01730 May 2022 20:08 UTC
5 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] For­ma­tion via nu­cle­ation of boltz­mann brains

Zeruel0171 Jun 2022 18:05 UTC
0 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

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

EniScien4 Jun 2022 13:52 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the most prob­a­ble AI?

Zeruel01720 Jun 2022 23:26 UTC
−2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

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

Noosphere897 Sep 2022 18:25 UTC
7 points
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Plan­ning to build a cryp­to­graphic box with perfect secrecy

Lysandre Terrisse31 Dec 2023 9:31 UTC
40 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Life, Death, and Fi­nance in the Cos­mic Mul­ti­verse

peterb16 Oct 2022 18:57 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Quan­tum Im­mor­tal­ity, foiled

Ben29 Oct 2022 11:00 UTC
27 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The Quan­tum Wave Func­tion is Re­lated to a Philos­o­phy Concept

Richard Aragon20 Apr 2023 3:16 UTC
−11 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

A new in­tro to Quan­tum Physics, with the math fixed

titotal29 Oct 2023 15:11 UTC
113 points
23 comments17 min readLW link
(titotal.substack.com)

Bell’s The­o­rem: No EPR “Real­ity”

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 May 2008 4:44 UTC
40 points
29 comments9 min readLW link