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The many-minds interpretation of quantum mechanics extends the many-worlds interpretation by proposing that the distinction between worlds should be made at the level of the mind of an individual observer. The concept was first introduced in 1970 by H. Dieter Zeh as a variant of the Hugh Everett interpretation in connection with quantum decoherence, and later (in 1981) explicitly called a many or multi-consciousness interpretation. The name ''many-minds interpretation'' was first used by David Albert and Barry Loewer in their 1988 work ''Interpreting the Many Worlds Interpretation''. ==The central problems== One of the central problems in interpretation of quantum theory is the duality of time evolution of physical systems: # Unitary evolution by the Schrödinger equation # Nondeterministic, nonunitary change during measurement of physical observables, at which time the system "selects" a single value in the range of possible values for the observable. This process is known as wavefunction collapse. Moreover, the process of observation occurs outside the system, which presents a problem on its own if one considers the universe itself to be a quantum system. This is known as the measurement problem. In the introduction to his paper, ''The Problem Of Conscious Observation In Quantum Mechanical Description'' (June 2000), H.D. Zeh offered an empirical basis for connecting the processes involved in (2) with conscious observation: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Many-minds interpretation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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