PIRSA:15050094

The CA interpretation of quantum mechanics

't Hooft, G. (2015). The CA interpretation of quantum mechanics. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15050094

't Hooft, Gerard. The CA interpretation of quantum mechanics. Perimeter Institute, May. 14, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15050094 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15050094,
            doi = {10.48660/15050094},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15050094},
            author = {{\textquoteright}t Hooft, Gerard},
            keywords = {Mathematical physics, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {The CA interpretation of quantum mechanics},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:15050094 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Gerard 't Hooft Utrecht University

DOI 10.48660/15050094
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Abstract

The CA interpretation presents a view on the origin of quantum mechanical behavior of physical degrees of freedom, suggesting that, at the Planck scale, bits and bytes are processed, rather than qubits or qubites, so that we are dealing with an ordinary classical cellular automaton. We demonstrate how this approach naturally leads to Born's expression for probabilities, shows how wave functions collapse at a measurement, and provides a natural resolution to Schroedinger's cat paradox without the need to involve vague decoherence arguments. We then continue to discuss the implications of Bell's inequalities, and other issues.