A new poll of 40 physicists at four Czech institutions finds the Copenhagen interpretation remains the most preferred, similar to earlier polls.
Yet Another Snapshot of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics
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A survey probing respondents' views on various foundational issues in quantum mechanics was recently created by Schlosshauer, Kofler, and Zeilinger [arXiv:1301.1069] and then given to 33 participants at a quantum foundations conference. Here we report the results of giving this same survey to the attendees at another recent quantum foundations conference. While it is rather difficult to conclude anything of scientific significance from the poll, the results do strongly suggest several interesting cultural facts -- for example, that there exist, within the broad field of "quantum foundations", sub-communities with quite different views, and that (relatedly) there is probably even significantly more controversy about several fundamental issues than the already-significant amount revealed in the earlier poll.
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Has Anything Changed? Tracking Long-Term Interpretational Preferences in Quantum Mechanics
A new poll of 40 physicists at four Czech institutions finds the Copenhagen interpretation remains the most preferred, similar to earlier polls.