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Quantum Bayesianism


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    • Qbism

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    • found: Work cat: 2016007855: Von Baeyer, Hans Christian. Qbism : the future of quantum physics, 2016:ECIP introduction (the heart of the book describes how quantum mechanics and Bayesian probability combine into "Quantum Bayesianism," and how this new interpretation dissolves quantum weirdness. ) data view (Until 2002 all of the alternative interpretations of quantum mechanics relied on the modern, orthodox definition of probability that is taught in high school. Then a trio of theoretical physicists in USA and Britain suggested reverting to an older definition, called Bayesian probability and used routinely in other fields of science. Thus Quantum Bayesianism, abbreviated QBism, was born.)
    • found: Timpson, Christopher Gordon, 1976- Quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics, 2013:pages 188-189 (Quantum Bayesianism, a theory of Caves, Fuchs and Schack which maintains that probabilities in quantum mechanics are subjective across the board)
    • found: Quanta magazine, viewed online February 25, 2016(Quantum Bayesianism, or QBism ..., solves many of quantum theory's deepest mysteries.)
    • found: Wikipedia WWW site, viewed February 25, 2016(Quantum Bayesianism most often refers to a "subjective Bayesian account of quantum probability", that has evolved primarily from the work of Caves, Fuchs and Schack (published during 2002--2013), and draws from the fields of quantum information and Bayesian probability.)
    • notfound: AIP physics desk reference, 2003;Sears and Zamansky's university physics, 2004;Encyclopedia of physics, 2005

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    • QC174.17.Q29

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    • 2016-02-25: new
    • 2016-08-12: revised

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