The gambler, the quantum physicist and the juror all reason about probabilities: the probability of winning, of a radioactive atom decaying, of a defendant’s guilt. But despite their ubiquity, experts ...

Many World’s lack wavefunction collapse might be the key to the measurement problem. The mystery of what happens when we go from a superposition to a definite state is known as the Measurement Problem ...

The Copenhagen Interpretation: This interpretation is a little bit like quantum physics’ answer to the old Zen question: If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a ...

DR. JEFFREYS implies in his letter in NATURE of September 17 (p. 535) that a prior probability cannot have a frequency interpretation. That there are several usages of the word probability is well ...

Mathematica Scandinavica has been published regularly since 1953. Mathematica Scandinavica is a non-profit company, which is operated by the five mathematical societies in Scandinavia. It is the aim ...

According to a popular interpretation, Carnap’s interpretation of probability had evolved from a logical towards a subjective conception. However Carnap himself insisted that his basic philosophical ...

To the average person, most quantum theories sound strange, while others seem downright bizarre. There are many diverse theories that try to explain the intricacies of quantum systems and how our ...

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