There's not a coherent group of people who are dedicated to understanding how to carve up the wave function into classical bits. "We don't know the answers to the questions and we're kind of feeling out what the answers are," he says. The hope is that it all kind of settles out, but some phrases like quantum reality or what's a system aren't very helpful.
Welcome to the March 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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