Why probability ambiguity in the many-worlds interpretation is blessing

The question of how to make sense of probability in the many-worlds interpretation is a controversial and difficult one. Conventional literature attempts to provide a correct way of assigning probability to each world in the universe of many worlds. Differing from these attempts, it is argued that probability ambiguity in the many-worlds interpretation is not a curse but a blessing, allowing us to study quantum phenomena in terms of conventional thermodynamics, connecting readily to black hole thermodynamics.

Holography from the first law of thermodynamics

This paper exploits well-known connections between quantum mechanics and thermodynamics. What happens if we assume that the first law of thermodynamics applies generally, inspired from thermodynamic and entropic gravity approaches and black hole thermodynamics? The conjecture is that quantum mechanics provides a complete dynamic description of thermodynamics that the first law of thermodynamics seems to call for, giving us a theory of holographic gravity. Some connections to the many-worlds interpretation are noted.

A Phenomenological Reading of the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

The articles provides a phenomenological reading of the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics and its answer to the measurement problem, or the question of “why only one of a wave function’s probable values is observed when the system is measured.” Transcendental-phenomenological and hermeneutic-phenomenological approaches are employed. The project comprises four parts. Parts one and two review MWI and the standard (Copenhagen) interpretation of quantum mechanics. Part three reviews the phenomenologies. Part four deconstructs the hermeneutics of MWI. It agrees with the confidence the theory derives from its (1) unforgiving appropriation of the Schrödinger equation and (2) association of branching universes with the evolution of the wave function insofar as that understanding comes from the formalism itself. Part four also reveals the hermeneutical shortcomings of the standard interpretation.