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Prof Schack explains QBism

Date30 March 2023

In an article for The Conversation, Prof Schack looks at what quantum mechanics, the most successful theory ever proposed by physics, can teach us about reality.

Are you interested what the art movement cubism has to do with quantum mechanics? If the answer is "yes" then you will be interested in the article "QBism: quantum mechanics is not a description of objective reality - it reveals a world of genuine free will" written by Prof Schack in the conversation.

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