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killerstorm12/09/20241 replyview on HN

Everett interpretation simply asserts that quantum wavefunctions are real and there's no such thing as "wavefunction collapse". It's the simplest interpretation.

People call it "many worlds" because we can interact only with a tiny fraction of the wavefunction at a time, i.e. other "branches" which are practically out of reach might be considered "parallel universes".

But it would be more correct to say that it's just one universe which is much more complex than what it looks like to our eyes. Quantum computers are able to tap into this complexity. They make a more complete use of the universe we are in.


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tobias201412/18/2024

This might turn into a debate of defining "simplest", but I think the ensemble/statistical interpretation is really the most minimal in terms of fancy ideas or concepts like "wavefunction collapse" or "multiverses". It doesn't need a wavefunction collapse nor does it need multiverses.