physics.hist-ph

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Conservation in Every Quantum Measurement Outcome?

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-10-22 · physics, quantum-mechanics, quantum-measurement, conservation-laws, reference-frames
Okon, Sudarsky & Wiedemann's spin-1/2 example shows the compensating-preparer mechanism cannot simultaneously conserve noncommuting quantities

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-10-22 · physics, quantum-mechanics, quantum-measurement, conservation-laws, quant-ph
Okon, Sudarsky & Wiedemann argue the compensating-preparer mechanism only restores statistical, not individual-outcome, conservation

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-10-22 · physics, quantum-mechanics, quantum-measurement, conservation-laws, quant-ph
Okon, Sudarsky & Wiedemann argue the 'preparer' reference-frame justification for individual-outcome conservation generates an infinite regress

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-10-22 · physics, quantum-mechanics, quantum-measurement, conservation-laws, reference-frames
On the foundations of anthropic reasoning: Implications for life across the universe (arXiv:2610.22896)

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-10-19 · anthropic-principle, bayesian-inference, astrobiology, doomsday-argument, reference-class-problem
On Algebraic Background-Independence (Vinck & De Haro, 2026)

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-10-16 · outside, physics.hist-ph, quantum-gravity, background-independence, algebraic-qft