Quantum Observables and Ockham’s Razor
Por Camilo Arcaya • 16 feb, 2021 • Category: LeyesFor the paradigm of the quantum double-slit experiment (DSE), we apply Ockham’s Razor to interpret quantum observations and to evaluate terminology often associated with wave-particle duality. One finds that the Correspondence Principle (CP), combined with classical wave DSEs, e.g., Young [1804], is sufficient to predict the observed quantum particle and wave phenomena. The empirical approach of Ockham infers that observed individual quanta are whole particles only; an individual quantum has no observed wavelike character. The observed, so-called wave nature of quanta emerges only in the limit of large numbers of particle observation events. That is, the «measurement problem» is no problem at all; «particle» and «wave» derive from separate and different aspects of the observations.