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Copenhagen interpretation

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noun

  1. an interpretation of quantum mechanics developed by Niels Bohr and his colleagues at the University of Copenhagen, based on the concept of wave–particle duality and the idea that the observation influences the result of an experiment

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You dig the austere minimalism of the Copenhagen interpretation.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2020

He dislikes the Copenhagen interpretation because it is a kind of anti-interpretation, which insists that the quantum realm is unknowable.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2019

The first and still possibly foremost of these is the so-called Copenhagen interpretation.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2018

He makes a convincing case that it’s wrong to imagine the Copenhagen interpretation as a single official or even coherent statement.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2018

Einstein, however, persistently argued that the Copenhagen interpretation was incomplete.

From Nature ● Mar. 26, 2018

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