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Open Quantum Systems Decoherence Quantum Simulation Entanglement Theory Quantum Correlations

Reality, No Matter How You Slice It

arXiv

Authors: Ken Wharton

Year

2013

Paper ID

32147

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Preprint

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118

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In order to reject the notion that information is always about something, the "It from Bit" idea relies on the nonexistence of a realistic framework that might underly quantum theory. This essay develops the case that there is a plausible underlying reality: one actual spacetime-based history, although with behavior that appears strange when analyzed dynamically (one time-slice at a time). By using a simple model with no dynamical laws, it becomes evident that this behavior is actually quite natural when analyzed "all-at-once" (as in classical statistical mechanics). The "It from Bit" argument against a spacetime-based reality must then somehow defend the importance of dynamical laws, even as it denies a reality on which such fundamental laws could operate.

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[1] DOI https://doi.org/arXiv:1311.0001 [2] arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.0001 [3] Publisher https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.0001

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