An exceptionally simple argument against the many-worlds interpretation

Abstract

It is shown that the superposed wave function of a measuring device, in each branch of which there is a definite measurement result, does not correspond to many mutually unobservable but equally real worlds, as the superposed wave function can be observed in our world by protective measurement.

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Shan Gao
Shanxi University

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