Baumann, Veronika and Del Santo, Flavio (2022) Many Worlds are irrelevant for the problem of the arrow of time. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In a recent paper, S. Gao has claimed that, under the assumption that the initial state of the universe is a pure quantum state, only the many worlds interpretation can account for the observed arrow of time. We show that his argument is untenable and that if endorsed it potentially leads to undermine the search for a scientific explanation of certain phenomena.
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| Keywords: | Many worlds, arrow of time, past hypothesis | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Depositing User: | Flavio Del Santo | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2022 05:03 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Jan 2022 05:03 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 20153 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Date: | 25 January 2022 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20153 |
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