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 <tabbox Overview> ​ <tabbox Overview> ​
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-Quantum theories are a better approximation to reality than [[theories:​classical_theories|classical physics]]. 
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-“I’m not 
-happy with all the analyses that go with just classical 
-theory, because nature isn’t classical, dammit” 
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-<​cite>​Richard Feynman</​cite>​ 
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-  * Hidden-Variable Interpretations 
-    * [[theories:​quantum_theory:​quantum_mechanics:​bohmian_mechanics|Bohmian Mechanics]] 
-  * Dynamical Collapse Interpretations 
-    * https://​plato.stanford.edu/​entries/​qm-collapse/​ 
-  * Quantum Bayesianism 
-    * [[http://​blogs.discovermagazine.com/​cosmicvariance/​files/​2011/​11/​banks-qmblog.pdf|The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics]] by Tom Banks  
-  * Everett (many-worlds) Interpretation 
-    * [[http://​www.preposterousuniverse.com/​blog/​2014/​06/​30/​why-the-many-worlds-formulation-of-quantum-mechanics-is-probably-correct/​|Why the Many-Worlds Formulation of Quantum Mechanics Is Probably Correct]] by Sean Carroll 
-  * Relational Quantum Mechanics ​ 
-    * [[https://​arxiv.org/​abs/​quant-ph/​9801057|What is quantum mechanics trying to tell us?]] by N. David Mermin 
-    * [[https://​arxiv.org/​abs/​quant-ph/​9609002|Relational Quantum Mechanics]] by Carlo Rovelli ​ 
-  * Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors 
-    * [[http://​www.nybooks.com/​articles/​2017/​01/​19/​trouble-with-quantum-mechanics/​|The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics]] by Steven Weinberg 
-    * [[https://​arxiv.org/​abs/​1405.3483|Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors]] by Steven Weinberg 
-  * The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics 
-    * [[https://​arxiv.org/​abs/​1405.1548|The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics]] by Gerard 't Hooft 
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-**Recommended Resources:​** 
  
-  * For an quick overview, see http://​www.preposterousuniverse.com/​blog/​2014/​05/​29/​quantum-mechanics-smackdown/​ 
-  * For an overview see https://​arxiv.org/​pdf/​1703.08341.pdf 
-  * A good book on the topic is Roland Omnes, Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Princeton U. Press, Princeton, 1994. 
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