In their recent paper "Is a Time Symmetric Interpretation of Quantum Theory Possible Without Retrocausality?", Matthew Leifer and Matthew Pusey argue that the answer to their title question is "no". Unfortunately, the central proof offered in the paper contains a fatal error, and the conclusion cannot be established. Interpretations of quantum theory without retrocausalty can be time symmetric not only in the traditional sense but also in Leifer and Pusey's supposedly stricter sense. There appear to be no prospects for proving any analogous theorem.
Time Symmetry, Retrocausality and the Emergent: Arrow of Time the Quantum Time-Symmetric Interpretation (QTSI)
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares (ICN), UNAM(墨西哥国立自治大学核科学研究所);Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3), UNAM(墨西哥国立自治大学复杂科学中心);El Colegio Nacional(国家学院)
Invariant Set Theory: Violating Measurement Independence without Fine Tuning, Conspiracy, Constraints on Free Will or Retrocausality
不变集理论(英语:Invariant Set theory,IS)是一种局部因果的物理本体理论,其基础是宇宙不变集假设,即宇宙$U$可以被认为是一个确定性的动力系统,在$U$的状态空间中的一个(适当构造的)分形动力不变集上精确演化。IS理论通过违反测量独立性而违反了贝尔不等式。尽管如此,IS理论并不是微调的,不是阴谋论的,不约束实验者的自由意志,也不援引追溯因果关系。本文讨论了这些主张背后的原因。这些产生于在传统本体模型中没有发现的性质:不变集在其欧几里得嵌入空间中具有零测度,具有与p-adic整数($p \ggg 0$)同胚的康托集结构,并且是不可计算的。特别是,它表明,p-adic度规的物理学的宇宙不变集假设,并提供了技术手段来证明没有微调或阴谋。当$p$设为无穷大时,量子理论可以看作是IS理论的奇异极限。由于它是基于宇宙学自上而下的约束,IS理论表明引力和量子物理学将被量子引力理论统一,而不是引力的量子理论。从这样一个角度所产生的一些影响进行了讨论。
International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies, University of Gdańsk(格但斯克大学量子理论国际中心);Research Center ‘ATHENA’(阿瑞娜研究中心);Quantum Neural Technologies S.A.(量子神经技术股份有限公司);Spooqy Ltd(斯普奇有限公司);University of Oxford(牛津大学);Relational Intelligence Ltd(关系智能有限公司);Wolfson College, University of Oxford(牛津大学沃尔夫森学院);Perimeter Institute(perimeter研究所)
Conditioning on the Future: A Filtration-Theoretic Formalization of Wheeler's Participatory Universe
Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica “Emilio Segrè”, Università degli Studi di Palermo(巴勒莫大学埃米利奥·塞格雷物理与化学系);DSIMB, Inserm, BIGR U1134, Université Paris Cité & Université de La Réunion(巴黎西岱大学与留尼汪大学);Life Actuarial Department, Taiwan Insurance Institute(台湾保险学院精算学部)
Symmetric observations without symmetric causal explanations
Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva(日内瓦大学应用物理系);School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University(南洋理工大学物理与数学科学学院)