Hans Christian von Baeyer, "Quantum Weirdness? It's All in Your Mind", Scientific American (June 2013)
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QBism, which combines quantum theory with probability theory, maintains that the wave function has no objective reality. Instead QBism portrays the wave function as a user’s manual, a mathematical tool that an observer uses to make wiser decisions about the surrounding world—the quantum world.
— Hans Christian von Baeyer on QBism
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About Hans Christian von Baeyer
Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary.
About Hans Christian von Baeyer
Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary.
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