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Partial Observers

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We attempt to dissolve the measurement problem using an anthropic principle which allows us to invoke rational observers. We argue that the key feature of such observers is that they are rational (we need not care whether they are `classical' or `macroscopic' for example) and thus, since quantum theory can be expressed as a rational theory of probabilistic inference, the measurement problem is not a problem.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0604201,
  title  = {Partial Observers},
  author = {Thomas Marlow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0604201},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages